Diary of an oxygen thief

Product Description Hurt people hurt people.Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met inBright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition.Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us. Review "Kinky, artsy, and swoon-worthy." ―New York Magazine"The author does a great job. I loved it!" -- Junot Diaz, author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"First he steals the oxygen from you, then he spits it right back in your face. One of the most interesting and controversial encounters I’ve made through a book." -- Lorenzo DeRita, editor in chief, COLORS magazine"A dark-horse Williamsburg bestseller." -- Jonas Kyle, Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers"F. Scott Fitzgerald for the iPad generation." -- Richard Nash, author of What is the Business of Literature? About the Author Anonymous is theNew York Times bestselling author of Diary of an Oxygen Thief. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. I liked hurting girls. Mentally, not physically, I never hit a girl in my life. Well, once. But that was a mistake. I'll tell you about it later. The thing is, I got off on it. I really enjoyed it. It's like when you hear serial killers say they feel no regret, no remorse for all the people they killed. I was like that. Loved it. I didn't care how long it took either, because I was in no hurry. I'd wait until they were totally in love with me. Till the big saucer eyes were looking at me. I loved the shock on their faces. Then the glaze as they tried to hide how much I was hurting them. And it was legal. I think I killed a few of them. Their souls, I mean. It was their souls I was after. I know I came close a couple of times. But don't worry, I got my comeuppance. That's why I'm telling you this. Justice was done. Balance has been resto