I've given up on the Ian Banks bollocks.
I'm going to start reading "The Language of Others" by Clare Morrall
and "Hunting Humans" by Elliott Leyton.
i've read two by morrall - off beat, definitely, but great.
no idea about the leyton - let me know what you think?
The narator in 'The Language Of Others' was an asspie; she realizes she has the syndrome later in her life ( I think in her thirties-ish).
If I knew the book was about autism, then I wouldn't have bothered with it - I just liked the cover and the blurb on the back.
It was good but I got a bit bored with it; she's a good writer though. I will see if there are anymore of hers in the library.
Reading about serial killers is my new hobby. I've read the first few chapters of this leyton book - I find a lot of the psychological discussion to be bullshit psychobabble. However, some of these serial killers are hilarious.
There is a good chapter about Edmund Kemper:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_kemperI think he took the piss with some of these psychologists, eg.
He was once quoted in an interview: "What do you think, now, when you see a pretty girl walking down the street?" and answering himself: "One side of me says, 'Wow, what an attractive chick. I'd like to talk to her, date her.' The other side of me says, 'I wonder how her head would look on a stick.'"
I think I will get a book about Ed Gein next and maybe read some Kafka short stories.
