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books where the characters are suffering from an addiction, preferably a sexual one?

>> No.10231431

in Boy by James Hanley, the main character is forced into fucking a prostitute once he gets to Egypt. Then he becomes obsessed with trying to fuck prostitutes.

Also Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stevie-boy would fuck hookers all the time, feel bad, confess, then go right back to fuckin em.

>> No.10231477

Not sexual, but The Lost Weekend is a great depiction of someone addicted to alcohol.

>> No.10231502

Lolita

>> No.10232386

>>10231415
De Quincey.

>> No.10232397

>>10231477
Do books about alcoholism get better when you drink while reading them?

>> No.10232410

Probably someting by The Supreme Edgelord
>Women
>Factotum

>> No.10232438

>>10231415
Your mom's diary

>> No.10232497

>>10231415
The Gambler.

>>10232438
This desu.

>> No.10232505

Big Sur by Kerouac

>> No.10232514

lol at the sex/gambling addiction meme are there any novels about opiate addiction?

>> No.10232523

>>10232514

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Thomas de Quincy

>> No.10232554

Atomised by houellebecq

>> No.10232559

Chuck Palahniuk's Choke

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>>10232514
>hurr psychological dependency isn't real

>> No.10232581

Infinite Jest is all about addiction, in every form and colour. From drugs, from alcohol, from being appreciated by others, from sex, from anxiety, from entertainment, obsessive compulsive disorders, suicidal tendencies, etc.
And it's not just a meme fyi

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>>10232581
oppa GANGnam style!

>> No.10232595

>>10232523
>Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Thanks
>>10232565
It's like comparing verbal micro-aggression to assault and battery, one has demonstrable repercussion

>> No.10232625

>>10232595
>one has demonstrable repercussion
Both have demonstrable repercussions.

>> No.10232631

Selby, The Demon.

There's nothing supernatural in the book. The protag goes through a series of addictions, starting with sex addiction.

Good book.

>> No.10232635

Are there any books about pornography addiction?

>> No.10232637

>>10232635
this

>> No.10232642

>>10232635
No because it would be boring + sad. Maybe the story of your life tho

>> No.10232648

>>10232635
Relax and stop being such a puritan, goy.

>> No.10232672

>>10232635
Hollebeque might be the closest you can get

>> No.10232681

>>10231415
under the volcano by malcolm is an amazing novel about alcoholism

very modernist and stream of consciousness and takes place in one day, think about ulysses except written by an alcoholic

>> No.10232737

>>10232672
>>10232554
this

>> No.10234407

>>10232581
Serious or not

>> No.10234415

>>10231415
IJ.