/lit/ - Literature

how do you reconcile the homeless man being alive, that he had killed earlier? I always assumed it was all just going on inside his head, the rage brought about from being so alienated and isolated.

Is it pretentious to say that worrying about whether he did or did not kill anyone is completely irrelevant? Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, maybe the cab driver mistook him for another yuppie like Pat and everyone else does all the time. Who gives a fuck?
My favorite part was when he was re renting that movie and the guy who gets the movies realized it was him renting it for the 36th time and then he gets anxious and has to lean over to check the cashiers shoes. That or him going buckwild because he used an expired coupon after a murder.

>>16041052
The entire chapter "A Glimpse Of A Thursday Afternoon"

>>16041117
Post-modern fuckery

>>16041052
Kek, my favorite part is the zoo, too.
Also the part where he reads the poem for his ex-gf.

>>16041285
I had a good chuckle at this

>>16041285
I agree entirely. I feel this way about most media: theories about "what if it was all a dream" or "what if it was all in their head" are really fucking pointless. Unless it's done in a way that actively changes the themes of the work (like Dr. Caligari), it is an utterly banal point to make. Essentially, all fiction consists of idealizing the real into fictional narratives; whether it is the author converting life into a narrative, or the main character converting their own life into an inner narrative, it does not fucking matter. Either way, it's still a representation of the conflict of higher ideals. That's why these theories are so fucking stupid and pointless, as they can't comprehend fiction on a philosophical level, but instead have to engage with it literally (like children who can't distinguish fiction from reality). It's rather sad, and if I had a quarter for every "theorist" I'd like to bash the skull of, I'd be a very rich man.

>>16041285
No, I agree with you. I think the purpose of the book is less a murder mystery and more to explore this character's very fucked up headspace.

>>16041052
Grotesque violence and pornography masquerading as elevated social commentary.

>>16041285
The fuckery matters in the sense that it creates an aesthetic effect, a book where it was unambiguous would not produce the same feeling in the reader

>>16042199
Thank you for the recommendation

>>16042199
I didn't know 19th century schoolmarms knew how to use the internet

>>16042250
You’re welcome.

>>16042261
We don’t. I had to phone a boy down the street to post that for me. I phoned him again to post this also.

>>16041524
>I stare her down, glaring, until she looks back at her fucking salad

>>16041524
I hear contradicting opinions that the book is hilarious or its a boring series of lists.
Which group is the autistic one? The group that finds it all funny or the one that doesnt?

>>16041524
This.

>>16041117
It was another homeless man, at least I thought so. He said he blinded that homeless man "one spring", it seemed to me he was talking about an earlier time than when he blinded and killed that nigga and his dog.

>>16042749
I am not burger so most of the things were gibberish to me, especially the brands and the music reviews, hence it felt tedious. It was only the gore that kept me going.

>>16042863
that stuff is intended to feel alienating and bizarre, like "why would someone care this intensely about passing as a normal human by consooming so much?"

>>16041052
I love this book. Absolutely hilarious. Yeah i think he probably did some killing, like you said the taxi driver kind of confirms it. I think everyones just self interested like Bateman to care.

Also BEE sucks apart from this book, what the fuck happened

>the part when he talks to the black guy in a Jamaican accident to get on his level

>>16041052
When he told his GF that he wanted to shoot her mom and brother with AK-47 while she seemed unfazed about that.

This part got me chuckled for some reason.

>>16042165
based

the chocolate covered urinal cake he gave to his gf

>>16042749
I just skipped the lists and rants about products desu. I get it, it's there. Move on

>>16041052
Pretty great book. It's absolutely hilarious, and the violence manages to be very effective. The social commentary is nothing special by modern standards (only braindead neocons like Reaganomics nowadays), but it must have been quite powerful at the time. Still, as far as this concept goes, Child of God is still better.

Patrick wandering the beach at night, eating handfuls of sand and baby crabs always stuck with me. Also it was interesting to see their relationship here, away from anyone to show off to. There is glimmer of real love is there, but it quickly fades away, and they fly back to their empty lives in NY.

>>16043668
This.

Also that time he got mad at japs for buying up Manhattan so he decides to kill a jap as revenge, only to kill a chinese.