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Some suggestions: Naked Lunch, by William S Burroughs - famously transgressive, infamously obscene, a nonstop cavalcade of sex, violence and horrific drug abuse. Several Dennis Cooper novels - Closer and Frisk are the best-known, but a lot of his work includes child sexual abuse, extreme violence, and the kind of disaffected tone that really disturbs. Also In The Miso Soup, Audition, Popular Hits Of The Showa Era by Ryu Murakami, some extreme violence and a detached, ironic tone that forces the reader to confront the mundane horrors we're capable of. How are we ranking/conceptualising work by lovely people that reflects their lovely actions? Tao Lin's novel Richard Yates is a nearly autobiographical story inspired by a relationship he had in which he was emotionally abusive as gently caress. Also, where does "misery lit" fit on this scale? Things like A Child Called It, First They Killed My Father and such. "True stories" of relentless hardship and pain.
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