Closer

Not my favorite Cooper, but super good nonetheless. Devoured it. Love his writing style so much.

Feels kinda like a prototype to a lot of the themes he really leaned into later in The Sluts.

There's this vibe/tone Cooper's book exist in; something I'd maybe describe as like, lonely nihilism driven by a core of yearning? Or maybe like absurdist meaning found through transgression/self-destruction? It's a tone that speaks to me more directly than basically any other author. I imagine we'd get along.