Anon, I've been wondering myself, and I've been toying with the theory that the experience of being a totally ambitionless hack is so complete and life encompassing, and the experience involved in writing a book is so opposite in terms of effort, determination, and diligence, that no author has really captured the essence of bottom tier of loserdom.

I would love to stand corrected though.

the comforts of madness - paul sayer
both of you

Tao Lin-Tai Pei

That's the protagonist of every murakami novel

Breakfast of Champions

You make the decision on your own. You either want it or you don't.

>>7719325
Bartleby the Scrivener is the obvious choice.

>>7719325
My Diary.

>>7719416
upvoted

>>7719373
Persuasive though I find this, (>>7719543) is kind of right. Such a good story. But honestly, I've never read anything comparable to Bartleby.

>>7719543
>>7719583
Bartleby thoroughly disengages, his course of action is the most radical asceticism imaginable, reminiscent of Jain sallekhanā.

Hardly without personality, I'd say.

>>7719325

Death of a Salesman.

(Kind of) Journey to the End of the Night.

Bukowski for sure (and that's not a swipe at Bukowski, I like him), and maybe also some Pahlaniuk

>>7719609
I couldn't disagree more. He doesn't seem radically ascetic, he just seems radically apathetic and empty.

>>7719615
That is radical asceticism in my opinion, neither validation nor negation of the will. It's non-attachment.

>>7719547
are you being honest?