Two Girls, Fat and Thin : A Novel (Paperback)

from abirdman

This is a very good book, though some of it-- a sub-plot about some followers of the teachings of Ayn Rand, in particular-- I didn't understand or got too impatient to follow. Gaitskill renders troubled and intelligent young-adult women brilliantly. Parts of this book are extremely disturbing.

from ghostwire

Gaitskill's first novel is dense and dark and fiercely evocative. It depicts two very different yet similar women who eventually bond in a way neither one has experienced. Both have endured abusive childhoods, and are connected by their mutual interest in a once influential novelist. The story is...

from boredgames

did not know it was her first novel. well written in a heart stopping way at times, a bit tedious at others, uneven, shocking, kinky, dark, goes there, very mean-mouthed but thought provoking. it wasn't an easy read, it's a rough one, shot through with beauty and wry wisdom

from abirdman

This is a very good book, though some of it-- a sub-plot about some followers of the teachings of Ayn Rand, in particular-- I didn't understand or got too impatient to follow. Gaitskill renders troubled and intelligent young-adult women brilliantly. Parts of this book are extremely disturbing.

from ghostwire

Gaitskill's first novel is dense and dark and fiercely evocative. It depicts two very different yet similar women who eventually bond in a way neither one has experienced. Both have endured abusive childhoods, and are connected by their mutual interest in a once influential novelist. The story is...