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why do people love this book so much? i found it unfunny and completely disturbing. and i don't mean in a quirky way, in an "oh how funny this dysfunctional family is?" kind of way, as the trailer for the movie seems to spin things. burroughs is clearly a good writer and there were a few funny details about things like his polyester pants. but. ugh.
anyway. apparently the family depicted in the book is suing him or something along those lines. but i only heard that from my mom, and haven't been invested enough to actually confirm.
the thirteenth tale, diane setterfield
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this was an enjoyable read. a well-known but enigmatic british writer, vida winters, requests that amateur biographer margaret lea write the true story of her life. very consciously gothic, with the moors as a backdrop and a strange story full of twists and turns. i'm even still a bit confused by a few of those twists. i'm somewhat surprised that this was a best-seller, but it was definitely worth reading.
now if i could just get my hands on a copy of vendela vida's new book, i'd be set. i honestly don't even remember what happened in her last book (and now you can go), but i know it was on my best of 2003 list.
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