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More like this?
Also just discuss this book in general

>> No.6363066
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6363066

TAO LIN

TAI PEI

>> No.6363568

>>6363051
no talent piece of shit

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>>6363568
whose opinion are you regurgitating? bet it aint your own

>> No.6363617

>>6363066
Why is this book a meme to you guys? K stole it from Barnes and noble because I thought it was just a joke. I read it and I can't name anything in the 21st century that better captures the spirit of it.

>> No.6363618

>>6363066

I liked it until the final section. Think Shoplifting and his poetry are better

>> No.6363635

>>6363617

The people who treat it as a meme probably haven't read it, or anything by Lin, except maybe some poems (only because they're short)

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>>6363066

Kinda. The dialogue mostly.

>>6363617

People are jelly. It's truly amazing and transcends his other work.

>>6363618

Shoplifting is excellent, such great use of minimalism with regards to his ditching punctuation and interior. I have not read much of his poetry.

>>6363635

Probably. I have faith that /lit/ reads the books that are shit-talked often, but you never know, literally, so I usually ignore belligerent haters. It could be pic-related making every single Tao Lin/DFW hate thread.

>> No.6363817

Read it last month. Pretty entertaining book.

Favorite parts were Bateman's ridiculous dialogue, like saying he only watches Letterman not on cable, or when he explains to the police detective what that "Yale thing" means

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>>6363066

Dubs

>> No.6364078

>>6363617
>>6363635
>>6363815
All me
;^)

>> No.6364250

Check out Less Than Zero by BEE.

>> No.6364281

>>6364250
Less Than Zero is a good first novel, but it pales in compassion to American Psycho.

BEE really has a trilogy of novels that describe his psychological development:
Rules of Attraction
American Psycho
Lunar Park
These document his struggle to come to terms with his inner demons and find meaning inside a society that he can dissect and inhabit by proxy but never really fit into. It Lunar Park he solves this psychoanalytic kerfuffle.

Then he threw it all away with the regressive piece of shit that was Imperial Bedrooms.

>> No.6364967

>>6364281
Fuck off faggot. All of Ellis books are connected. You should read them all. Plus bonfire of the vanities and story of my life.

>> No.6365271

>>6364281
go fuck yourself

>> No.6365282

>>6364967
Connected trash is still trash.

>> No.6365293

Want to become successful in business? Read this book. Don't know why? Then stay away from business.

>> No.6365299

>>6364250
>>6364281

Reminder that Less Than Zero is the best BEE book