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ISBN:	0061715638 (ISBN13: 9780061715631)
Edition Language:	English

The Marbled Swarm

Dennis Cooper

Paperback | Pages: 208 pages

Rating: 3.26 | 2172 Users | 99 Reviews

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Title	:	The Marbled Swarm
Author	:	Dennis Cooper
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	November 1st 2011 by Harper Perennial
Categories	:	Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Drama. Suspense. Horror

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The Marbled Swarm is Dennis Cooper’s most haunting work to date. In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape—and the most compelling clue to its final nature is “the marbled swarm” itself, a complex amalgam of language passed down from father to son.

Cooper ensnares the reader in a world of appearances, where the trappings of high art, old money, and haute cuisine obscure an unspeakable system of coercion and surrender. And as the narrator stalks an elusive truth, traveling from the French countryside to Paris and back again, the reader will be seduced by a voice only Dennis Cooper could create.

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The most horrific, offensive, depraved acts of (sexual) violence seem to wash over me and leave me unaffected when they're described so simply and matter of factly; drained of any emotion with no sense of impact or consequence for anyone involved. Not to mention the assumed willingness of the victims to engage in these extreme scenarios of BDSM seemingly aware that they won't survive them feels like a minor copout on the author's part (although I recognize and appreciate the darker

The rating Ive given may pique interest in this book, but caveats are incredibly necessary. If you are someone who needs to identify with the narrator or characters in a novel, do not read this book. If you are a reader who resents being intentionally manipulated by an author, do not read this book. If you are a reader who believes there is not a single thing of value in the works of Marquis de Sade, do not read this book. If you are a reader who cannot tolerate 48 pages of hints, redactions,

I got this book free from the Toronto Public Library online discussion book. On our Christmas drive up to Peterborough, I read through it as Jeff drove. In fairness, and prompted by the promises of the narrator that it would get better, I gave it more than the usual fifty-page-rule.I questioned myself; was it because I'm homophobic ... nawwww ... I've read same sex stories before and liked them, even though I'm not gay. What made me toss this thing was the sheer vulgarity of the action in the

Actually read 33 pages. I am guessing that the point of this novel is to feel disgusted. Well, success there. This book was recommended to me because I like unreliable narrators and I don't mind reading things that have bad taste. At times. I'm stopping because I hated the tone (I didn't find it amusing or clever), and I don't find reading about cannibalistic pedophiles interesting or amusing. I very much wish I'd read more reviews before borrowing this one. Apparently the main character has sex

I love Dennis Cooper more than his characters love underage rough trade psycopath nymphet boytoys with daddy issues. But one thing Dennis Cooper is not is subtle. Sophisticated, yes; layered with meaning, absolutely -- but understated, no way. In fact, I would argue that his greatest talent is his ability to be the opposite of subtle: it's his unrelenting repulsiveness that so powerfully drives his work to ever crueler, ever more captivating heights. Which is to say that I hated this book. I

seemed like a mix of bret easton ellis and edgar allen poe. unapologetically violent, yet all said with a cool baroque flair as the book pushes you off while pulling you back in by your hair.

Note to self: re-read.