Dennis Cooper

Very clever structure, basically reviews and experiences you would find in an escort forum, or subreddit, or a chatroom, but better thought out and sorted out sentences with better grammar. If it was literally like a reddit post it would be unreadable. Filled with unreliable narrators and revolting and sad experiences. Like:

[I'm and evil, W, 30s, sadistic, violent, wealthy pedophile type seeking cute young victim. Name your price. Box 157]
[Box 157, I'll be at the ArcoStation in West Hollywood, corner of Fairfax and Sunset, 2 am, Friday Aug 23. Anonymous]
-Felix. Wake up. Say hello to Brian.
-What?
-Here. I'll put the covers off. Nice, right?
-Very nice.
-Someone's here to see you. Say hello.
-Hello? Hi.
-Get out of bed, Felix.
-Okay. Dad?
-He looks so young.
-It's the pajamas.
-Dad, can I lie down?
-No, you can't. Take your jammys off.
-I was asleep.
-Take your jammys off. Felix. I'm not kidding.
-Okay.
-Not down, off. All the way off.
-God, he's adorable.
-So you're satisfied.
-Yeah, very. But...
-Dad?
-Just a second, Felix.
-He seems sort of... I don't know.
-Spaced out.
-Yeah, he just seems sort of... I don't know.
-He had an accident. He has a proble.
-Dad?
-He drowned two years ago. They revived him, but he was dead too long. He used to be a reallt active kid. Soccer, little league, cub scout, actor. He was in a couple of TV commercials.
-Oh, that's it. Right. That's where a I saw him.
-You saw them.
-I just saw one maybe last week.
-Jif Peanut Butter.
-Yeah, exactly. I knew he looked familiar.
-There's a website about him. I don't know if you've seen that. Some pedophile put it together. Actually I put it up. That's a secret, though. It gets a lot of hits. Mostly fags, but a few girls. They're obsessed with him.
-Yeah, I always noticed those commercials.
-He got offered a series, a Disney film, a couple of other things. But it was too late.
-He can't do it?
-No way. Look in his eyes.
-Yeah,
-Not much there.
-They're beautiful eyes.
-He looks kind of soulful, doesn't he? Guys say that.
-Yeah.
-He's not. Or maybe he is, who knows?
-He's really something.
-So I'm thinking two-five.
-Twenty five thounsand?
-Yeah.
-Dad?
-You're joking. That's an insane amount of money.
-Look, take as long as you want. Charge your friends to fuck him. Make pornos with him. I don't care.
-Dad?
-Look, I had to quit my job to be his fucking nurse. He can't eat or take a shit by himself. He can't walk by himself. I'm in debt. I'm totally exhausted.
-I'll give you fifteen.
-Twenty's the lowest I'm going to go. What, Felix?
-Can I sit down?
-All right, twenty.
-But you have to do it here, tonight.
-Here?
-Dad?
-You can sit down in a minute, Felix.
-Fuck that.
-And I get to beat the crap out of him first.
-Look, I want to take some time on this. He's and amazing kid. There's a lot I want to do.
-Then it's twenty-five.
-Look... Okay, fine.
-Good. Felix?
-Yeah?
-Get dressed.
-No, don't. He's great like this.
-Dad?
-Do what he says, Felix.
-Give me your hand.
-Okay, dad?
-Later, Felix.
-Okay. Bye.

If you're intrigued by this and want to read the book, go ahead, but it gets worse.… (more)

i felt so sleazy reading this lol

I get what Cooper was going for. I really do

and yet!

Ultimately it was disappointing. the format was not my favorite. the ending was not the best. i enjoyed the gritty gore in theory, but it felt like there was no real means to the end?

idk. sexual gore, sure. body horror, love that. the constant pedophilia thing was a bit much. go write in your journal about how into little boys you are instead of putting it in your book



there were things i did enjoy about this read. i love 2000s forums where people are lying for fun. and i do see deeper messages at play below the surface level style.

also- the P.O. box thing just feels so disjointed from everything else. i know that there are blurred lines, but i wanted some answers with that… (more)