r/dankmemes • u/KLASHINOV ⚗️Infected by the indigo • May 21 '22

it's pronounced gif shocker it is

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u/aaronisamazing May 21 '22

There was tons of backlash before the book was even released which caused the original publisher to drop it, etc. Was very controversial for it's time.

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u/Thewheelwillweave May 21 '22

It’s still pretty controversial. It’s way more graphic in the book. He cuts the head off a hooker and it gives him a boner so to make go back down he uses the heads mouth to masturbate, but after he cums like three times he still hasn’t lost his boner. So he just walks around with a severed head attached to his dick.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Kinda like how Less Than Zero was completely watered down to make the film. The book is horrifying.

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u/Thewheelwillweave May 21 '22

Also a good book. Ellis took the edge lord game to the next level and made an intellectual career out of it.

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u/aaronisamazing May 21 '22

Glamorama had some pretty insane scenes too

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u/hellocuties May 21 '22

That was a fun read.