Need a review on the latest Chuck Palahniuk book? Maybe Hunter S. Thompson is more up your alley? These are all my contemporary book reviews.
A book that fits somewhere in the realms of bizarro-horror, a full fury look into the life of a heavily disturbed individual.
Manabu Yukawa returns, this time to help out Detective Kusanagi solve the mystery of the poisoned husband.
A renowned book by an unlikely hero; or pretentious trash from an angry feminist.
A deep-dive into a French ‘masterpiece of erotica’. It can only be Georges Bataille’s ‘Story of the Eye’.
Suicide cults, Precognitive dreams and God complexes – It can only be Chuck Palahniuk’s Survivor.
Describing a book like The 120 days of Sodom is like trying to watch a movie sex scene with your parents; It’s uncomfortable and embarrassing.
Palpable tension and genuine investment in the characters, makes The Woman in the Dunes an excellent read.
In summary, No Exit is a strange piece of literature to recommend. On the one hand it’s well written, concise and has deep meaning, and on the other, it can be deemed too surrealist to the point of becoming almost mundane.