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On the surface it's one of Mishima's funnier works in an absurd, perhaps not entirely intentional way. He was of course no stranger to pouring doses of himself into his writing, but it's interesting to see this done here while he was so young and writing about an old, sardonic man in the character of Shunsuke. It began to give the sense that he was written through a fearful, at times dejected lens, a life that he would make sure to never end up submitting to. The book comes close to being in Mis
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Jul 19, 2019
Killer of Dreams
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Now this was HIGHLY amusing, easily my favourite after Sea of Fertility. Mishima gives himself the arduous task of depicting the most gorgeous and irresisitable gay boy EVAR. An Homme Fatale!
Mmmmmmm. He meets a crusty bitter old writer who pays him to break the hearts of all the women who have spurned him, and Mishima makes the whole premise work so fucking cleverly, it is breathtaking.The descriptions of the gay scene and its denizens are authentic and arch, but it is also a deep and searching ...more
Mmmmmmm. He meets a crusty bitter old writer who pays him to break the hearts of all the women who have spurned him, and Mishima makes the whole premise work so fucking cleverly, it is breathtaking.The descriptions of the gay scene and its denizens are authentic and arch, but it is also a deep and searching ...more
Oct 15, 2013
Justo
marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2013
Y
marked it as to-read
Jun 01, 2014
Jair Avilés
marked it as to-read
