Crazy About You: Psychotic Literary Loves

By Tracy O’Neill

A pedophile with a redundant name preys on a young girl. Two lovers kill themselves in the name of true love. A brother and sister get too close for comfort. With literary loves this twisted, Eminem pales in comparison this Valentine's Day.

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Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare
Slapstick Kurt Vonnegut
An American Dream Norman Mailer Norman Mailer lets the crazy out in this man-kills-wife psychodrama. >>
Something Nice Mary Gaitskill
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë
Beloved Toni Morrison
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson A demon child acts as her sister’s keeper in this creepy New England horror story. >>
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell
The Aspern Papers Henry James

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Crazy About You: Psychotic Literary Loves

Lolita

Romeo and Juliet

Slapstick

Something Nice

Jane Eyre

Beloved

Gone with the Wind

The Aspern Papers

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