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Lerner has done something incredible: he’s turned suburban White American overeducated overtherapized milieu into something deeply interesting. He’s united all the various 90s American threads into one big knot of clarity. He’s wrung out all the crucial points of Infinite Jest without losing the sincerity. The term glossolalia will stuck with me for some time. Very impressed.

lins structure of recovery is so heartwarming. im not sure how to title 2026. Ill go with Year of Starts

The writing becomes so much more alive when Paul gets back to his endless stream of drug use. There’s an interesting conflict at the core of Paul and friends’ seemingly mundane tedium - that our conceptions of health are flawed if you assume that human connection is the height of existence [and emotionally damaged folks might need damaging medicine to be healthy]. I think Im getting the hype now.

most of this is dreary and boring bc of lins detached aloof voice. but “then moved chips and guacamole onto his lap … and focused on steadily eating while repeatedly thinking ‘eating chips and guacamole’” made me belly laugh. hell yeah dude

Bolaño is a cruel bastard