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For at least a year, I have wanted to make time to reread the entire George Miles Cycle. I have read the books, but not always in order. "Closer" is superb. The stoned-out dialog bites and the landscape is dreamy but very familiar. Almost like a dream where one is always in the same building, but once awakened, you can't remember if it exists or not. And the building or that room does exist, but over time it becomes obvious. Re-reading these books is going to be entering the dream, but I think a
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Dark, angsty, self-centered, violent and going places few stories that aren't simple hard core porn would risk going, this is the story of George, a young man looking for love and accepting anything in place of it; and the men who move through his life taking advantage of that need. Each chapter is told from the POV of a different character, except for George, who gets more than one chance to make the reader care about him. Once the plot actually starts to move foreward (unfortunately, almost ha
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One of the most original books I've read - there are similarities to Bret Easton Ellis (rotating view points of young people behaving badly) and A.M. Homes (plenty of shock and surprise to go around), but this seemed to be smarter (if more revolting) than work I've read by those writers. Before you read this one, be prepared for scenes so disgusting that even the characters puke in response. What makes it all ok (i think) is that even the most repellent stuff seems to be done in the service of t
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May 30, 2009
Brad
marked it as to-read
Dec 23, 2010
Annie
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Aug 06, 2015
Stubby Girdle
marked it as to-read
