Steady Scootin
Bluelight Crew
A favorite fictional account of addiction (with an excellent film adaptation) is A Scanner Darkly. I'm a huge Philip K. Dick fan, anyway. The Delillio I've read is pretty good.
But seriously, as far as Nabokov, Lolita is chock-full of some of the most gorgeous prose I've ever read, but Pale Fire was his masterpiece. The opening 999 line poem alone is fantastic. Pair the poem with the subsequent "commentary" about it, and the result is a truly labyrinthine tale of kings, countries, and so much more. The poem can be read online and reading it alone won't spoil anything: http://www.shannonrchamberlain.com/palefirepoem.html
Agree about Lot 49, Scrofula. As I said up thread, I really only finished it due to how short it was, I can't say I gave a shit about anything that went on, much less any of the characters.
But seriously, as far as Nabokov, Lolita is chock-full of some of the most gorgeous prose I've ever read, but Pale Fire was his masterpiece. The opening 999 line poem alone is fantastic. Pair the poem with the subsequent "commentary" about it, and the result is a truly labyrinthine tale of kings, countries, and so much more. The poem can be read online and reading it alone won't spoil anything: http://www.shannonrchamberlain.com/palefirepoem.html
Agree about Lot 49, Scrofula. As I said up thread, I really only finished it due to how short it was, I can't say I gave a shit about anything that went on, much less any of the characters.