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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:11:49 No.7303247 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7303252 >>7303268 >>7303274 >>7303423 >>7303746

Name me some good books containing the following elements:

>career criminality
>alcoholism
>homosexuality
>blue collar settings
>class struggle

Thank you

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:13:07 No.7303252 Report Delete

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>>7303247

Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:14:22 No.7303260 Report Delete

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my diary tbh

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:16:17 No.7303268 Report Delete

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>>7303247

Infinite Jest

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:17:31 No.7303272 Report Delete

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>>7303260
Even the first element? If so, you have a pretty interesting life.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:17:39 No.7303274 Report Delete

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>>7303247
On The Road

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:50:58 No.7303402 Report Delete

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>>7303268
So much this.

Also Bukoswki

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:01:30 No.7303423 Report Delete

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>>7303247
George V. Higgins and Jim Thompson are some authors you wanna check out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:17:42 No.7303471 Report Delete

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>>7303402
Not enough homosex tbh

I love Bukowski though. Shit is glorious.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:48:10 No.7303744 Report Delete

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Hard Rain Falling - Don Carpenter

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:48:47 No.7303746 Report Delete

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>>7303247
James Ellroy

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:29:54 No.7304134 Report Delete

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Homeboy by Seth Morgan
Our Lady of the Flowers and A Thief's Journal both by Jean Genet

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:31:14 No.7304142 Report Delete

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Last Exit to Brooklyn

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:31:31 No.7304143 Report Delete

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The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide has a good amount of that. Especially homosexuality

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:34:19 No.7304158 Report Delete

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The Maltese Falcon

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:34:40 No.7304160 Report Delete

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>>7303471
just curious, how much do you read?

I used to love him a shitload back when i first got into books, but i've fallen away from him nowadays. I think Celine and Henry Miller are definitely a bit more refined versions of his prose

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:35:40 No.7304162 Report Delete

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