Miserable books

[Otta]

Couldn't possibly put this on the awful books thread because it is a masterpiece and I'm glad to have read it, but there is absolutely no break from the pure misery!

The grapes if wrath.

[El Pibe]

Yeah, I reread it last year and actually struggled a bit even though its a book I love.

The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy defintely qualifies.

[StraferJack]

Ditto The Road

[El Pibe]

Though weirldy it's the most positive book he's written

[Otta]

Talk of the town - Ardal O'Hanlon! Read this expecting a laugh. It was bleak!

My Legendary Girlfriend - Mike Gayle. He's written quite a few "chick lit for blokes" type books, some of which I've enjoyed. Tgis was his first outing and it made me depressed and claustrophobic.

[Mick Mac]

I don't read too many books but I have read these two which i think fall into the category

Engleby - Sebastian Faulks

How late it was how late - James Kelman

[giggirl]

You boys want to get yourself some chick lit. That'll cheer you up.

Hugs

Px

[Huggers]

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, relentless violence and human misery.

[El Pibe]

Oh jesus MM, I read the James Kelman book years ago.

That doesn't simply qualify, that beats every other book mentioned into a pulp just by flttering an eyelid!!!!!!

[Chick]

giggirl Wrote:

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> You boys want to get yourself some chick lit.

> That'll cheer you up.

>

> Hugs

>

> Px

Stop using my name in vain pls.

[uncleglen]

I got 'Prozac Nation' because I had got it into my head somehow that it was going to be about how people are being prescribed SSRIs to keep them from getting anxious and therefore be more productive at work and not care about what's going on in, e.g. politics. Anyway , it wasn't and it was miserable and not really informative (although I only read 3 or 4 chapters)

[Annette Curtain]

Huggers Wrote:

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> Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, relentless

> violence and human misery.

Seconded, makes The Road seem a breeze

Mind you, J M Cotzee Disgrace is pretty fekin grim as is Prozac Nation

Actually, Prozac Nation & The Road are two books I read cover to cover, eyes nearly bleeding until 5 am. I then crashed out physically & mentally for a couple of days.

But to top them both, two books based on (some) fact.

An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan

The Devils Double by Latif Yahia

Fekin hell, both gave me nightmares.

[giggirl]

An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan ....

Oooh no Nettie. I read that and I found it inspirational. Then I met Brian Keenan at a drinks party somewhere and I bored the arse off him by telling him I loved his book (I'd had a few).

Px

[Jah Lush]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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How late it was how late - James Kelman.

You're the only man I (don't) know that has read James Kelman and bloody hell some of his books are bleak and though I don't think I've read that one, though it is entirely possible I have because it's a long time since I've read his stuff... I stopped after A Disaffection, so I'll add that to the list. He's a damned good writer though.

[numbers]

the road.

the butcher boy.

[woodrot]

get an early night and tuck into Michel Fabers "Under the skin"

um

[Otta]

I've been trying to remember the name of a book I read late 90s (think I may have bought it along with "Talk of the town".

It qas an autobiographical novel abiut a boy in the 70s who was very ill. He liked football and prog rock.

That's all I remember, but I know it was depressing.

[giggirl]

"Mary Berry's Baking Bible". Now there's a depressing book. All those cakes. All those calories. I'm crying now.