why are red states red? if you want to read a convincing thesis on WHY the rise of global fascism is being fed by the disenfranchisement of the quote nativist working classes, as well as a deliciously trashy romp through worlds (and maybe an explanation on why the youth seem to have abandoned guitar rock), try VERNON SUBUTEX about an aging French hipster, now down and out. less filled with bloatware than Knausgaard, and as dark but swifter and funnier than Ferrante, Despentes is as perfectly detailed, engrossing and life-filled as both. she is in fact master of the most clever, deep empathies. and you’ll be stunned to be inhabiting the minds of the unexpected.
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