Friday, March 15, 2013

The Condor

by Isa K.

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Loved it. 

This book is a lot like a demolition derby: fun to watch, things look worse than they are and everything banged up can be sorted out with a few whacks in the right place. Isa K's voice was hysterical--I'd read anything with this delicious helping of sarcasm and self-deprecation. Frickin' tickles me like nothing else. The characters were great. There were no goods guys and no bad guys--just a whole bunch of people trying to straggle through life the best they can while trying not to to wipeout completely. Everyone fucks up. Perfectly messy.

Favorite quote: There can't be just one.

"The last thing I need is Stanley Kubrick directing my life. It's fucked up enough under my own direction."

"There's a state of bliss that can be reached only by deliberately bringing your own worst fears into reality."