Lovs story? When did you fabricate the idea that this was EVER a love story? The first line in the book is: "I liked hurting girls." You really think that's the standard introduction for a feel good love story? Also, you seem to believe this book portays our protagonist as a victim and the woman as his assailant, which is incredibly incorrect. You completely missed the entire point of the book. you understand what that means right? I'm thinking no.& please don't condescend to younger readers. that Oxygen thief is going to (WARNING) feature some not very nice people, and P.S. in 'Less than zero', the blurb, tho not very well done, is trying to evoke that atmosphere in the mind of the prospective reader, i.e. characteristics of the rich, amoral, bored, spoilt and self absorbed characters written about by Mcinerney, & also his friend & Peer Bret Easton Ellis, esp. (ever read Invisible monsters by Chuck Palahniuk?). ![]() If you really want to educate yourselves, read some Henry Miler, Raymond Carver, Breece D.J Pancake, Hubert Selby Junior, William Burroughs, Raduan Nassar, + for your own sakes read some Graham Greene!!! The world does not only consist of freaking Catcher in the Rye and Lollita- I do agree on 1 level- the blurb on the back is stupid, though if you'd understood it, you'd have saved yourselves some time & money.as it DOES also say, against the backdrop.etc etc of 'Bright Lights Big City' a book you obviously didn't know was a book, as the whole point is to say that Oxygen Thief is set in a world a bit like that of -Bright Lights Big City' (a book that also deals with the darker side of human behaviour, addiction, shame, self obsession, ambition, lust etc.) The characters in BLBC and similar books written in the 80's are all beyond redemption, and are supposed to be. Literally cannot believe that people as ignorant as the above exist.
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