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Steve wrote: "Suggest one if you're up for it."How about Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Count me in, description sounds good, just got it off the interwebs... now awaiting delivery :)
Woohoo, it has arrived. I shall start reading today :)
Not had a huge amount of time for reading lately but I'm loving this book so far actually, only up to around p60 but I've already found probably 4 or 5 sections that I'd consider good quotes. Just a shame I can't read French (not novel-standard anyway), I reckon you probably lose some of the feel of the story in the translation. I'm maybe not quite as misanthropic or cynical as the main character but I do feel I can relate to him, is that worrying? :)
I have a copy of Kiss Me Judas, but it's sitting in long term storage. That really helps you, huh? Think I had to get it through Abebooks.Anyone else read or reading Palahniuk's "Damned"? I'm in the middle of it, and so far preferring it by a LONG way to Tell All, Pygmy and Snuffed.
Haven't heard of Kiss me Judas. What are the best transgressive novels written in the last 5 years do you think?
Best transgressive novels in the past 5 years? Tough question. I immediately think of writers like Palahniuk and Easton Ellis, but their better work was earlier than that. Because "transgressive" isn't clear-cut genre, there's no easy way to identify it as a body of work. I'd be inclined to say there are transgressive elements in a wide range of fiction, without ticking every one of the Wikipedia-designated boxes.Also, I've read that transgressive themes have been very hard to push post 9/11.
Thinking about it, writers of transgressive fiction are usually writing outside of a specific genre, though you might find a bit of it in crime and noir crime (Pelecanos, Elmore Leonard, that kind of thing). I suppose when you have an anti-hero of some kind, you usually find transgressive themes. I liked Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion on that score. Zombie transgressive fiction!
Look at that: all those words and I haven't come close to providing any kind of answer. That's what I get for posting from work.
Hey Thanks! No that was helpful. I like your point about the post 9/11 era. I've got to start digging around. I was sort of trying to get a gauge on the popularity among current writers and you gave me a good sense of that!
What about reading one of the books on the top 5 list Redroc found?
