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10542393 No.10542393 [Reply] [Original]

Re-reading this after many years and I think it's strangely topical considering it was written in the early 60s.
>Useless yet arrogant NEET who hates the modern world but can't stop gawking/screaming at it
>subversive Brooklyn Jewess spreading degenerate nonsense
>normie mother who can't understand why her college educated son is such a complete failure

>> No.10542556

It's mentioned a lot maybe you just don't browse /lit/ a lot.

>> No.10542664

>>10542556
I don't really, I meant in the broader world outside of imageboards. Do you agree that it's surprisingly topical?

>> No.10542681

Could subverting the worlds militaries and turning them gay end all war?

>> No.10542723

>>10542681
We're about to find out

>> No.10543824

Roberto Bolaño liked this book.

>> No.10544647

>>10542664
Nobody talks about books outside of here anon.

>> No.10544653

>>10542681
>what is Thebes

>> No.10545257

The very first book that made me cry with laughter. Honestly didn't think it was possible until that point.

>> No.10545268
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10545268

Just watch the tv series.

>> No.10546587

>>10544647
I guess I meant on rightwing/frog twitter, I see people discuss literature on there fairly often

>> No.10546592

>>10545257
Catch-22 did that for me, but I think "Confederacy" is better. Heller's follow up stuff was pretty disappointing honestly.

>> No.10547462

>>10542393
>>Useless yet arrogant NEET who hates the modern world but can't stop gawking/screaming at it
Think you got it backwards.

>> No.10548122

>>10542681
The Russian army is gay as fuck from a lot of what I've read and they still start wars semi-regularly.

>> No.10548139

>>10548122
In Ignatius's scheme every army has to be gay.

>> No.10548359
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10548359

Think about the fact that Ignatius probably lost his virginity to Myrna Minx

>> No.10549476

>>10542393
> John Waters literally tried to adapt this book into a movie with Divine
> book is supposedly cursed

Would've been cool to see pure white trash era John Waters make this a reality though.

>> No.10550799

>>10542393
All those buzzwords you used to describe it tell me you did not understand the book at all

>> No.10550939

I couldn't finish it. I don't remember what turned me off about it, but half-way through I still couldn't identify any lines or themes I cared about.

>> No.10551213

>>10548359
Myrna never existed. Ending was Iggy suiciding. Besides, he probably fucked his dog.

>> No.10552152

>>10550939
yeah, same thing happened to me.

>> No.10552178

The mother is the villain of the story.