Books by Lars Iyer
![Magma [Spurious] (2013)](/lars-iyer/magma-spurious/cover)
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review 1: Definitely not for most people, but I laughed out loud quite a lot reading this short (1.5 hour) book about trying to have great thoughts and realizing that you are probably never going to be great. It is rambling and philosophical about trying to be a philosopher - reminds me of...
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review 1: I don't think I share the British sense of humor. Slightly amusing maybe, never compelling, very repetitious. I kept wading through it waiting for the funny part. Just read the blurbs and maybe first and last chapter and you've got it all. Not interested in rest of trilogy at...
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review 1: Philosophical satire which doesn't make you laugh. So repetitive it becomes exasperating. It's about the despair of trying to think, while merely producing imitations of thought. The greatest influence is probably Beckett, but, interestingly enough, the style and tone reminded me...