/lit/ - Literature

I've been trying to hit on my cute autistic coworker, but she might as well be speaking a different language. Half the time I feel like she's trolling me with her texts. She has a tech wizard genius savant boyfriend anyway, so whatever.

Also I've been trying to catfish my ex, but I think she killed herself.

These are not good times.

I'm trying to find a book about an art student who went to St Martins (I think?), lost his virginity at a late age and discovered to his dismay that real women were disgusting compared to the paintings/drawings/sculptures he idealised

Does anyone know who this is? It's a real person apparently, not a fictional character

I read The Blade Itself on recommendation from you guys and it was utter shit. Bland boring generic stock characters presented in YA prose.

I need something more realistic. What is the best historical fiction??