Books I Read February 28th, 2021

I just finished hiking and I'm too tired to think of something clever to write for this info. What's my excuse every other time, amiright? I read the following books this week.

Discourses and Other Writings by Epictetus – I remember finding this more compelling as a 15 year old, to be very frank. There's a lot of like, 'fuck you blockhead, quit crying cause your kid died of cholera' and you're just like chill dude, I thought you were the one who was supposed to be all cool and shit. Anyway.

Cockfighter by Charles Willeford – A lot of in-depth stuff about cock fighting interrupting a tedious, masturbatory depiction of masculinity. I was pretty excited going into is but this book sucked.

The Marquis of Bolibar by Leo Perutz – A unit of Germans fighting on behalf of Bonaparte in Spain find themselves massacred in this stunningly wrought masterwork of a novel. I am going to try and write more about Perutz at some point so I won't write further except that I literally stopped and went 'shit!' 4-5 while reading this. Like, out loud.