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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
I was going on about his style of writing and not about the man himself in particular.
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He does have a certain clinical style of writing, especially in The Room, that's quite similar to J.G. Ballard, Burroughs, Kafka and even some early Ian McEwan short stories. I think that his closest ally in recent years though has been Irving Welsh (especially Trainspotting). Welsh constantly cites Alex Trocchi as an influence (another Beat) but I think that that's more to do with them both being Scottish. The 'Bad Blood' chapter in Trainspotting has Selby written all over it.