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Title: Simply Horrible
Review: I only read the first 6 chapters and had to stop. Each chapter was leading you further down with the bottom nowhere in sight. Like some stunt from Fear Factor, the author makes you wade through a pool of filth to gather the randomly placed 'nuggets' of humorous or otherwise emotionally touching moments. I finally had to drop out.Early in the book you are treated to such gems as the "Masturbatorium" chapter where his parents' therapist describes the acts he performs alone in his special room with photos of Golda Meir. From there, each chapter tries to outdo the one that came before it. Truly a race not just to the bottom, but somewhere way below it. Many passages left me with that feeling I've sometimes experienced after a very long plane ride: I just wanted to take a shower and put on some clean clothes.
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