and I mean really seriously screwed up. What do you recommend?
2007-06-18 08:17:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I don't know if this would classify as really messed up, but I can only tell from my experience.
'Brain' by Robin Cook, a medical thriller, is one messed-up book I have read. The plot is good, but the author really messed up the structure of the story and its narration. You wouldn't believe this, but the author uses the first name and the surname of the character interchangeably at places, confusing the author. Like, at one page it's like "Martin did this" and at some other it's "Philips did that", Martin and Philips being the one and the same person, Martin Philips, the protagonist. Hardly the mistake you would expect from a bestselling author.
2007-06-18 08:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by techguru 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Want something weird and gory? Try Edward Lee's City Infernal. Brahm Stoker award winner for totally awesome messed up horror fiction!
Radar
2007-06-18 15:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by Radar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Cellar by Richard Laymon & Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James
I found both seriously disturbing.
2007-06-19 02:22:03 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Watermellon Sugar
Richard Brautigan
2007-06-26 15:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by donnie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
by Christopher Moore
2007-06-25 13:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by Aurora 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner: family drives mother's rotting corpse by horse and wagon 100+ miles to lay her to rest. Each chapter, the narrator is a different member of the family -- each with a varying grasp on reality.
2007-06-25 01:22:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
2007-06-24 09:42:28 · answer #7 · answered by Renata 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anthing by Christopher Moore - So far I've read Practical Demonkeeping and the Lust Lizard of Meloncholy Cove. Seriously crazy stuff - it's like he wrote them on acid. But hysterical - you'll like anything of his.
2007-06-18 15:28:02 · answer #8 · answered by MaryJane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MESSED UP:
The Beast Within by Edward Levi.
JUST PLAIN BIZZARE
Weave World by Clive Barker
CYBERPUNKALISIOUS:
Moan Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
DISFUNCTIONAL:
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
2007-06-18 15:21:25 · answer #9 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read "A Feast of Snakes" by Harry Crews. Really messed up, but excellent.
2007-06-18 17:04:09 · answer #10 · answered by Stephen L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋