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[–] HAESisalie 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Great book. Way ahead of its time. This guy is the twitter generation personified, as he spends all of his time being hyper critical of everyone else and never turns a reflective glance upon himself. He can barely walk and he spends his time watching dance shows so he can make fun of all the lithe healthy dancers.

Sadly the author committed suicide before its publication.

Spoiler alert:

I loved how after his mother forced him to get a job, he finds work selling hot dogs from a cart. First day on the job gets fired for eating all of the hot dogs himself.

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[–] KikiCat 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

XD I'm sure life has imitated art several time. xD

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[–] TSlim ago 

Couldn't get through it for exactly the reason you mentioned: he's just such a giant piece of shit. I bet it was funnier before figures like Ignatius could be found everywhere in real life.

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[–] HAESisalie ago  (edited ago)

That is a fair point.

I read the book around 25 years ago, while in college, well before the rise of the neckbeard and tumblrtard being on full display. It probably would have a different feel reading it today for the first time. You might feel like you see this shit everywhere and don't want to read about it even more.

Amazing that he wrote the book in 1963.

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[–] Blacklightning ago 

Toole was a misunderstood genius who was way ahead of his time. Yes, his mother was instrumental in having his magnum opus published, but she was also a domineering cunt.

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[–] IggyReilly ago 

One of my favorites :)