McGlue

As Jia Tolentino once said, "Ottessa Moshfegh is easily the most interesting contemporary American writer on the subject of being alive when being alive feels terrible." Anyway. This book is so goddamn disgusting. I won't lie to you - historic times in general are gross to me. The idea of living in a Leggi tutto

‘ Fuck the world and get on… ’ When I was in elementary school, we had this amazing music teacher who had us sing songs from people like Pete Seeger and The Beatles, though the two that stuck with me most were The Rainbow Connection (Kermit the Frog style of course) and that Drunken Sailor sea shanty. Leggi tutto

it's a gross gay evil pirate tale what more can you ask

This book has salt on its fists and iron on its dancing feet. What a piece of vicious brilliance.

Moshfegh's first literary publication tells the story of McGlue, a sailor who's a severe alcoholic, living with a permanent head injury and accused of killing his only friend, Johnson. Set in 1851, the novella is propelled forward by the mystery of whether he actually committed the crime: As McGlue

How utterly joyless. I liked it!

Tessie is one of my favorite authors right now. After reading Eileen, and Homesick for Another World, I was dying to get my hands on her first novel (more a novella), which she says is her favorite thing that she's written. I can understand why! She has an uncanny, almost preternatural ability to ta Leggi tutto