So my last three books were Heart of Darkness, No country for

>he read Heart of Darkness AND blood meridian
Dude...

heart of darkness is an utter slog

>>9114529

Is my post bad or am I just not understanding something?

>>9114562

I thought it was beautifully written. Welp.

>>9114567
To each their own. I can see why somebody could find it beautiful. Marlowe's descriptions are replete with beautiful imagery. Personally, I find it awful to read through huge blocks of text from his single viewpoint.

Kafka - In the Penal Colony

>>9114603

Will look into it, thanks ;).

>>9114522
McCarthy - Child of God

I think it ticks all those.

>>9114708

Just read this and I totally agree. Read this next OP

>>9114522
Read The Border Trilogy next

Secret Agent

>>9114522
Damn are you my high school ap teacher? I had to read all those books for him. Good thing too I passed the AP test based on writing I did for heart of darkness. We also read Things Fall Apart by chinua Achebe, who also wrote a critique of heart of darkness. Things Fall Apart might be considered a We Wuz an shiet book by this website but it's a good juxtaposition for heart of darkness and the two books work well together as one is told from a European perspective and the other a native one. I also really enjoyed Achebe's exposition about village life in Africa.

>>9114522
Last Exit to Brooklyn. It's bloody, violent and dark. It's a hyperrealistic depiction of street life in New York conceived through the abject and the despised. It's a masterpiece.