A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley (06/10)

Like all good books, A Fan's Notes is several works, and one of the more minor ones is an eloquent, mostly unwitting condemnation of mid-twentieth century American sexual mores. This, gentle reader, is why traditional values are shit. My least favorite parts of the book feature young, virile Exley-the-misogynist. I far prefer Exley the extravagant failure, Exley the sardonic commentator on America and all its petty deficits.