Jerzy Kosinski

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:39 pm

read the novels Cockpit and Pinball the other week......pretty good books. Known mostly for penning Being There and the Painted Bird......

but these two book are pretty good--in that unafraid to make the narrator(s) despicable bastards reproduced in dispassioned prose that seems to make it all seem sort of "locigal".

on the heels of the American Psycho thread.

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:54 pm

The Painted Bird gave me nightmares. Dude's a sick fuck.

bbqjones · Post by **bbqjones** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:13 pm

my uncles name is jerry gapinski

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:07 pm

I read a bunch of his books a few years back. One of the sickest is "Steps" - little vignettes of pure filth. Good stuff when you're in the mood.

The Painted Bird is actually a great book, IMO...true or not, plagiarized or not.

There's not much air to breathe in a plastic bag. I guess he knew that going in...