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Violence
Very heavy
Extreme graphic violence including murder and torture described in explicit detail
Language
Very heavy
Extreme language throughout
Sexual Content
Very heavy
Extremely explicit sexual content throughout; the novel is structured around descriptions of sexual acts
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
The psychological horror of the novel's investigation into violence, objectification, and the line between fantasy and reality is its literary project
What this book is about
Dennis Cooper's transgressive experimental novel is constructed entirely from online forum posts about a sex worker named Brad and the men who claim to have encountered him. The novel is one of the most extreme works of American literary fiction — violent, sexually graphic, and deliberately disturbing in its investigation of fantasy, objectification, and violence. Cooper is a major avant-garde writer; this is his most transgressive work. Strictly for adult readers familiar with transgressive literature.
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Extreme violence and sexual content throughout
One of the most transgressive works of American literature
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