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Originally posted by AGDee
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
It doesn't help that I read it right before 9/11, so when 9/11 happened, my thoughts went to that book.. scarrrrrry.
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That is my favorite book by her, I first discovered her by reading her short story Happy Endings (and if you really think about it, very distrubing in a surreal way)...my great american novel is sort of based on this book along with a combination of other things and ironic with all the stuff going on.
I have to totally agree on Brett Easton Ellis, whom I love
American Psycho is completely fucked up, the rat scene I had to put the book down and frankly kept me from watching the movie.
Wally Lamb's
She's Coming Undone I didn't find that distrubing, just kinda sad.
of course I read all of these books in my late teens/early 20s, I would have to read them again today now that I have a completely different state of mind.
I must pick up some of these other books.