[Stu]

J.G. Ballard.

'Hi I'm the main character I'm psychotic and have delusions about air travel. Hope you enjoy carefully stepping through this cesspit of a plot.'

I understand he is good mine you I just can't stand him. A typical line will go :

'Miranda walked outside and woosh and bang a million little debris falling from the sun kissed sky. AEROPLANES.'

Crash is good but The Atrocity Exhibition is just that. It's not genius. It's just contrived and annoying. Something you read for the sheer smug satisfaction rather than pleasure. I don't know how you could enjoy the experience.

I also think Phillip Pullman actually puts effort into being dull.