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Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
Once again, I am in the minority as I did not find Red Pill to be a particularly artful or clever novel. To be clear, I do think that Hari Kunzru can write very well indeed, however, his narrative struck me as all flash and no substance. I was amused by the first quarter of…
1980s, 1st pov, 2 STARS, academia, Adult, ALIENATION, Berlin, books about writers, books i hate, british indian author, Contemporary, east and west germany, endless monologues, existentialism, feverish, FRANCE, Germany, Hari Kunzru, illness, lgbtq+ side, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, midlife crisis, morality, mumblecore, navel gazing, obsession, philosophical, politics, published in 2020, read in 2020, Red Pill, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, social issues, story within a story, surreal, travel, unnamed narrator, unreliable narrators