Mary Gaitskill's Bad Behavior: Stories, is a thrillingly disturbing short story collection of love, sex, fetishes and general bad behavior. I was first introduced to this collection through the story Secretary, and honestly, this was a classic example of me looking at something incredibly uncomfortable and disturbing an yet not being able to walk away. Ironically, the obscure fascination with these stories might be a fetish in its own right, but there's something explicitly thrilling about emotionally and physically reacting when you read, and if these stories do not induce a reaction in you than you are most certainly more battle-scared than myself. I bow my head to Gaitskill for taking on this world of manic wildness with such honesty and wit and sharing it with us.
You may need breaks, but if you can get through these it's more than worth the read - but, alas, not for the faint-hearted.
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