While Tropic of Cancer may come off like ramblings of a sex crazed maniac at first, you soon realize it’s a fantastic satyric representation of the ridiculousness of modern life and human nature in general.
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The text flows and is pleasant to read despite incorporating fairly heavy words
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A bit hard to follow, especially when it enters its metaphysical passages
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Wacky, interesting, likable, relatively profound characters
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The story is basically just random episodes from the guy’s insane life
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Full of genuinely funny black humor
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Though-provoking on life in general
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