So the truth is: I'm a lot less cultured than I act like I am. I've never seen the Godfather or been to Hawaii. I watch reality TV, have one night stands and consider Cheetos and cigarettes adequate nutrition. That being said a book recommendation may seem a little out of my league, but TRUST Bret Easton Ellis knows what he's doing. You've probably heard of The Rules of Attraction or American Psycho. Those two were made into movies that probably sucked, but his writing has cemented him as one of the best American writers of the 1980s and 90s. I'm obsessed with his book Glamorama right now and believe me: I FUCKING WOULD BE. Main character: male model opening a night club in New York during the 90s. Screwing women like he's going to die the next day, taking drugs like Kurt Cobain, and all the while showing up just in time to have his picture taken. Forgetting people he should obviously remember and internally cringing at the thought of a blackhead, Glamorama is deliciously shiny. This isn't the best quote from the book but the shallow honesty is pretty damn good:
"Hey babe, we're all in this together," I grunt, my hands dusted with chalk. "Yeah, I wanna give this all up and feed the homeless. I wanna give this all up and teach orangutans sign language. I'm gonna bike around the countryside with my sketchbook. I'm gonna-what? Help improve race relation in this country? Run for fucking President? Read my lips: SPARE ME."
-Bret Easton Ellis
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