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9838226 No.9838226 [Reply] [Original]

What are some books about losing control of your life

>> No.9838238

ningen shikkaku

>> No.9838244

>>9838226
Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien is quite good and not frequently read.

>> No.9838246

>>9838226

my diary desu

>> No.9838253

>>9838244
>sad man meets hooker
>hooker shows sad man that life is worth living
>sad man is happy

what makes men so vapid

>> No.9838266

>>9838253
The dirty little secret about men is that many of them are just as stupid and shallow as many women are. They merely express it in different ways. Only a few from both genders are worthwhile.

>> No.9838289

>>9838253
>sad man becomes increasingly addicted to alcohol
>sad man moves from LA to Vegas because he can drink 24 hours a day in Vegas as opposed to bars closing at 2 AM in LA
>sad man meets hooker, has a fling with her
>sad man is still sad
>sad man dies of liver failure in shitty motel

I don't know where you're getting the "life is worth living" part from.

>> No.9838407

Crime and Punishment

>> No.9838664

>>9838226
Tess of the D'Urbervilles

>> No.9838667

The Stranger

>> No.9840121

Un homme qui dort

>> No.9840295

>>9838226
I read Harry Potter when I was in a very bad period.

>> No.9840303

>>9838226
Bright Lights, Big City

>> No.9840624

>>9838226
Appointment in Samarra
Madame Bovary

>> No.9840780
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9840780

>>9838226

>> No.9841230

the trial

>> No.9841324

>>9838407
>>9838667
>>9841230
Right answers

>> No.9841358

Factotum by Bukowski.

>> No.9843224

You should read "The 48 Laws of Power" and start lifting if you don't already. After some months of suffering, you'll start to get a little confidence back and maybe you'll be in a place where women don't smell your desperation/depression and get scared away.

Also this: >>9840780

>> No.9843286

>>9838226
You don't need a book to read stories about that topic.
This site is about this

>> No.9843354
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9843354

Chocolate Pudding by Stew Pickles

>> No.9843368

Tender is the Night is a masterpiece, people need to read it more.

>> No.9844357

>>9838407
>>9838667
These