Visit for more on The Oxygen Thief Diaries Scott Fitzgerald for the iPad generation'' Richard Nash, author of What is the Business of Literature? ''A dark-horse Williamsburg bestseller'' Jonas Kyle, Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers One of the most interesting and controversial encounters I''ve made through a book'' Lorenzo DeRita, editor in chief, COLORS magazine ''First he steals the oxygen from you, then he spits it right back in your face. I loved it!'' Junot Diaz, author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ''Kinky, artsy, and swoon-worthy'' New York Magazine Love it or hate it Diary of an Oxygen Thief is here and it will divide opinion, Read it for yourself and judge for yourself. The book becomes valuable, at least to me, because what the oxygen thief does par excellence is describe the myriad horrors of corporate cultureĪ brutal but a frank and honest account. the cult tale of a misogynist''s ruinĪ massively enjoyable, very quick read that''s as hipster as a three pound bowl of Rice Krispies on Shoreditch High Street, but less of a rip-off One of the most interesting and controversial encounters I''ve made through a book.Įnthralling. Scott Fitzgerald for the iPad generation.įirst he steals the oxygen from you, then he spits it right back in your face. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.į. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer''s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. ''Kinky, artsy, and swoon-worthy'', New York Magazine “Diary of an Oxygen Thief” is a brilliantly raw and uncensored book, not aimed for the faint of heart, but those looking for something that shys away from the norm of fiction - realness.By (author) Anonymous By (author) Anonymous The bond he forms with you as you read page after page, collecting his memories as your own. ![]() So if you’re looking for a run of the mill story plot, where the villain redeems himself in some sort of self realization, this is not the novel for you.Īnonymous feeds on what makes this novel so compelling to his reader - that viciousness. ![]() You won’t be able to put the book down and before you know it, you will be questioning your own self-destructing behavior.Īnonymous knows who he is and never backs down in making sure you know too. In 151 pages, the author manages to say so much while almost saying nothing at all and despite this, it works. He immerses you in what it is like to both be him and one of his victims. He is a self admitted sociopathic alcoholic with misogynistic tendencies that makes you love to hate him. The author doesn’t even try to disguise his true identity (except for his name, ironically) fully playing into the absurdity that is a man in this state. This is how he lives, constantly hopping from one relationship to the next to get his next dose of slow bleeding satisfaction. He ghosts them and says it’s just not working out. Just when a woman exposes her heart to him, he bails. He makes love with his eyes wide open, looking into you as he plots his perfect move for destruction. He seduces women into his world by pretending to be that guy: the one who’s a good listener and leans in further as if to catch every word that hangs from the corner of your mouth. The anonymous author wastes no time getting into the mind of his character, who presumably is himself, going into vivid detail of his ritualistic tendencies in hurting women in a series of haphazard journal-like recollections. ![]() The book describes what was done to us, what motivates us to hurt others and ultimately what comes back to hurt us. It is a real and honest account of a legacy of pain, neglect and abuse. The premise is simple, “The Diary of an Oxygen Thief” follows the story of an Irish man as he navigates women, his alcohol dependency and the advertising job he hates. I really enjoyed it,” the anonymous author writes in his opening line, reeling you in with what feels like a punch in the stomach but leaving you begging for more. Mentally, not physically … the thing is, I got off on it.
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