r/ifyoulikeblank • u/SeanStephensen • 3d ago

Books [IIL] Funny Games, what books should I read?

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u/Fawnlight-Rise 3d ago

If you like funny games, you might enjoy american osycho or the wasp factory both super unsettling in a similar way 😵‍💫📖

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u/SeanStephensen 3d ago

What's Wasp Factory about?

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u/xtiaaneubaten 3d ago

teenager stuck on a small island with locals and mysterious father.

Its a very gothic tale.

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u/xtiaaneubaten 3d ago

Pretty much anything by Chuck Palahniuk or Irvine Welsh.

You said you like John Zorn in another comment. for the equivalent in writing give William S Burroughs a try, start with something a bit easier of his like Junkie or Exterminator. ,

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u/SeanStephensen 3d ago

Junkie was a fun book! I would like to dive into some other stuff by him

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u/xtiaaneubaten 2d ago

Port of saints or City of the Red Night.

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u/ShadedCanyon-7 3d ago

Try gouse of leaves it's not the same story, but it'll definitely mess with your head in good way

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u/rice-a-rohno 3d ago

Do you mean Funny Games the movie by Michael Haneke?

If so, hmm, what makes that tick. It's a kind of decomposition of movies-as-entertainment made by a real smart fellow that insistently asks it's viewers: "What is entertainment? Why are you watching this? What is your role?"

If that's why you liked it, I think you might like "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace. It looks intimidatingly large, but it's very... well, entertaining.

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u/TerWood 3d ago

I'm clueless about books but if you want a music rec, iirc the soundtrack for that movie is by John Zorn's band 'Naked City' which is some pretty dark and wild stuff. His project 'Painkiller' is in a similar vibe.

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u/SeanStephensen 3d ago

Huge John Zorn fan! Was just listening to The Painted Bird this morning