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What are some novels that are similar to Mad Men (In terms of setting, mood, themes, and style?)

>> No.17808103
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>> No.17808618

>>17808103
came here to post Yates. Mad Men draws on a greater pool of references and is a richer text overall, but Yates really nails the midcentury atmosphere and balance between ennui and quiet despair. Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is excellent, and The Easter Parade is quite good.

>> No.17808657

>>17808058
Any of the many many books referenced in the show, for sure. Meditations in an Emergency was featured prominently. Rosemary’s Baby. Not the same setting, but the show isn’t shy about the debt it owes to Fitzgerald. Good show.

>> No.17809248

>>17808058
The Recognitions
JR
V.
a chapter in Underworld
The Catcher in the Rye

>> No.17809444

>>17808058
man ive rewatched that show too many times

>> No.17809455

>>17809444
favorite episode? for me, it's episode 7 of season 1. aka, the chip'n'dip saga

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>>17809248
He rapes his sister, Phoebe.

>> No.17809590

>>17808058
Raymond Carver, John Updike, John Cheever