This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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The Story of the Eyeby George Bataille.
Glorious, glorious filth. A friend of mine gave it to me to read at uni and challenged me to get past page 3 without stopping for a shuffle. I failed at page 2.
I still love this novella. Transgressive, shocking, and very erotic at the same time.
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Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:36,
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Ha!I have that book. It's interesting.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:37,
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*Adds to reading list(
chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:38,
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addThe Butcher by Alina Reyes, if you haven't read it. Beautifully written and very charged.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:40,
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^^*adds to list*
Ta!
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Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:44,
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I had to order it speciallyI was about 14, and popped to my local village bookshop to see if they had it (not knowing *really* what it was about, just some mention of it in a review of another book).
They looked askance, and when it arrived, I went to pick it up and the rather camp bookshop owner looked at me all funny.
I just remember being shocked that they would charge the price of a whole book for what is, in effect, a short story.
My next request was for Story of O - which I found a bit rubbish.
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Ghoti Fingers, Thu 15 May 2008, 17:42,
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