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Derek Neal's avatar

Channeling some serious Underground Man energy and, in my view, a fair amount of Bret Easton Ellis. But there's also a pure heart at the center of this story, some sort of hope or care underneath the vitriol and the numbness. I will definitely be reading this book from Udith.

Contarini's avatar

Well done. Believable slice of life. Captures the moment, both culturally and as a phase of young adult life.

looking forward to reading the entire novel later this year.

Daniel Solow's avatar

It's got some Trainspotting vibes (although Irvine Welsh turned out to be a bit woke), it's got Celinean ellipses. I don't know why anyone would read Worst Boyfriend Ever when this is available.

John Joss's avatar

Explain to me how a writer dead since 1965 could write this piece.

StapletonBill's avatar

One might say, “"I read it in the papers, and I seen it on the sheet..."

Marissa's avatar

Yikes this title... Huge turn-off.

Bill Stapleton's avatar

Yes, true, but maybe also intended as a flashing red warning. Read at your own risk.

John McMillian's avatar

Well just fyi, TMR editors -- this went to my email's spam folder, I'm sure because of the title!

Alexander Prisyazhnyuk's avatar

you have earned yourself a customer, sir

Gil Frank's avatar

I would just have more ( which word fits?) respect for the important contribution to literature ( first Samuel Beckett publisher, muse to Man Ray, Breton and above all Louis Aragon and living in Harlem with her husband 1930’s and putting the first Black artists and writers anthology (NEGRO)

Katya Grishakova's avatar

Udith's essays are more interesting than his fiction.