post books where the protag: A) actively narrates the story through their point of view B) is deranged/inebriated/unreliable in some way C) contains an actually worthwhile plot
Book of the New Sun
>>8227716
lolita
janine 1982
The Good Soldier
>>8227716
Heart of Darkness. Two "layers" of narration, both arguably unreliable.
>>8227716
Anything by Chuck Palahniuk. Though if you want a good plot, Fight Club is probably his best work.
>>8227804
His prose is so bad though.
>>8227716
The Remains of the Day is the classic unreliable narrator novel
>>8227716
I am not convinced the thread is about that. I think the thread is actually about how you have five /hm/ tabs open
>>8227716
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
PeaceBook of the New Sun
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THE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONS short story from 'The King in Yellow'
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8492/8492-h/8492-h.htm
>>8227793
hell yeah
>>8227716
Gone Girl
The Sound and the Fury
Cassandra at the Wedding
Pale Fire
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the name of the wind
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notes from the underground
American Psycho
>>8227804
Crypto-Buddhist bullshit without a hint of literary merit.
Oh man deconstructing the inherent spooky meaninglessness of life by means of narcissistic self-destruction/sabotage and radical impulsivity
Literally every seven year old boy with ADHD does this, and better.
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The Sound and the Fury
Absalom, Absalom!
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The Darkroom of Damocles by W.F. Hermans
>>8227716
My new Book
The Wasp Factory
Protagonist narrates through their point of view, check.
Very deranged and unstable, check.
Worthwhile plot, check.
It's a super short read, something for a rainy day.
>no one has posted Catcher In The Rye
The Bible.
Is Gatsby an example of this? Seems like Nick often makes himself seem better than he is.
>>8228302
Nah fuck off. There's nothing that suggests that Kvothe is an unreliable narrator other than the fact that he draws attention to his narration, and even then it's more about subverting narration tropes than it is about actually being untruthful.
Litterally everything Gene Wolfe has ever written
>>8228030
Still have to finish the rest of the stories, but really liked this one. the statue one was neat.
>>8228443
I don't know if I'd call Nick unreliable exactly, he's definitely limited in perspective, but he's not crazy or purposefully deceitful.
I feel like "unreliable narrator" implies a twist or some greater context, whereas Nick is just short-sighted. Are their more detailed terms for unreliable narrators? Something like character-perspective narration maybe?
Hjalmar Söderberg - Doctor Glas.
Written in diary form, it's like a Swedish C&P, pretty good.
>>8227716
Just browse /x/ for a while to be honest with you familito.
The Loser by Thomas Bernhard
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Anything by Ellis really. The Rules of Attraction features multiple unreliable narrators.
>>8227716
The Butcher Boy
>>8228347
I'm not about to pretend Palahniuk is some kind of great writer but he is exactly what OP is looking for.
>>8228846
Gatsby is a narcissist and nick has codependent features. It's subtle, much if the narration indulges Gatsby's externalized self-image and treats his goals themselves, and support for them, as intrinsic moral good.
>>8229240
I guess. OP could just get smashed on benzos for a weekend and get the same though.
>>8228598
well surely the author wouldn't write an actual mary-sue :^)
>>8230125
>much if the narration indulges Gatsby's externalized self-image and treats his goals themselves, and support for them, as intrinsic moral good.
Yeah, I get that, but it's more Holden Caulfield style narration, than it is Bruce Willis was dead all along narration. I think there should be a greater variety in terms.
>>8231184
Definitely. "Unreliable narrator" is like "magical realism."
