Sure. IN THE BARN is considered to be one of the most nauseating stories ever written -- and I actually consider it more forgivable than some of his other stuff, because it's SO over-the-top horrible that it's obviously on purpose. I could, if I tried, remember a lot of other things that bothered me even more, but I've blocked them out, and have no desire to unblock them.
He has three kinds of works: 1. really disturbingly sexist horrible stuff which may or may not involve violent rape; 2. YA-ish stuff that's pretty much dashed off and has no nutritional value; 3. stuff that's actually kind of good, but may well be tinged with some of #1 or #2 -- and in REALLY disturbing cases, tinged with BOTH #1 and #2.
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He has three kinds of works: 1. really disturbingly sexist horrible stuff which may or may not involve violent rape; 2. YA-ish stuff that's pretty much dashed off and has no nutritional value; 3. stuff that's actually kind of good, but may well be tinged with some of #1 or #2 -- and in REALLY disturbing cases, tinged with BOTH #1 and #2.