Cosmo
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Took me 10 months to finish, but I got through the slog that is Bret Easton Ellis' "Glamorama," which at 482 pages is at least 182 pages too long, filled with inane bullship. I had people ask me what the book was about when I'd be reading it out at the watering hole, and I couldn't come up with an answer, because Ellis spent 150 pages or so at the front of the book just masturbating all over the pages, dropping celebrity names, etc. Finally around page 400, you got to the forking point. I went in an internet deep dive after finishing to see what others thought, and I was not alone in my frustrations. I like most of his stuff -- American Psycho and Rules of Attraction especially -- but this was tough to get through. Makes a lot of sense at the end, but I almost dropped it several times. But I'm a stubborn sonofabitch and needed to finish.
Onto Franz Nicolay's Band People, which I'd like to finish in the next five weeks so I can chat with him about it at Quinn's in Camden Town after the Saturday night Hold Steady Weekender show.
Onto Franz Nicolay's Band People, which I'd like to finish in the next five weeks so I can chat with him about it at Quinn's in Camden Town after the Saturday night Hold Steady Weekender show.