May 26th, 2010 / 3:35 pm
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Check out The Guardian’s weak-ass list of “Top 10 Troubled Males in Fiction.” No Hogg, no Nicholas Urfe, no Patrick Bateman, no Frank Cauldhame, no Max de Winter?  Who else is missing?

38 Comments

  1. Pete

      And no George Harvey Bone (protagonist of Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square), one of the sorriest fictional characters I’ve ever come across.

  2. KevinS

      What about the dude who turns into a cockroach.

  3. chris rowe

      what about every dude in his stories haha

  4. Pete

      And no George Harvey Bone (protagonist of Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square), one of the sorriest fictional characters I’ve ever come across.

  5. Tadd Adcox

      Not to get all Russian here, but seriously? No Raskolnikov?

  6. KevinS

      What about the dude who turns into a cockroach.

  7. Troubled Male

      It would be more interesting to try to name a book WITHOUT any troubled males.

      That Guardian list is weak but mainly because their sole criterion includes nearly every novel, period.

  8. ryanchang

      gusev. gregor, the officer, et al. dorian gray. “You” over Patrick Bateman? wack!

  9. d

      Moldenke!!!!

  10. jereme

      YES!

  11. Matthew Simmons

      What about Martin Amis?

  12. chris rowe

      what about every dude in his stories haha

  13. stephen

      love “gusev”

  14. Nick Antosca

      nice one. charles highway wouldn’t be a bad pick either. or that guy from Money.

  15. Tadd Adcox

      Not to get all Russian here, but seriously? No Raskolnikov?

  16. Troubled Male

      It would be more interesting to try to name a book WITHOUT any troubled males.

      That Guardian list is weak but mainly because their sole criterion includes nearly every novel, period.

  17. ryan chang

      gusev. gregor, the officer, et al. dorian gray. “You” over Patrick Bateman? wack!

  18. d

      Moldenke!!!!

  19. jereme

      YES!

  20. Matthew Simmons

      What about Martin Amis?

  21. Brendan Connell

      Weak is right. Moriarty and Peter Pan were troubled? As Tadd said, Raskolnikov was troubled. Cassady, who was Moriarty, wasn’t troubled. He was a friend of my parents. Nuts yes. Troubled no. This Parsons fellow sounds like just another prick trying to sell a book.

  22. stephen

      love “gusev”

  23. MG

      Stephen Dedalus?

  24. Nick Antosca

      nice one. charles highway wouldn’t be a bad pick either. or that guy from Money.

  25. Tadd

      True. I was just thinking–what book doesn’t have a troubled protagonist? Troubled males, hell. Who wants a novel without trouble, period?

  26. Tadd

      Henry Miller! Who I continue to believe is/was a fictional character.

  27. mimi

      “Top Ten Troubled Males in Fiction Thinking Fast, Off the Top of My Head”

      Darl Budren
      Quentin Compson
      Holden Caulfield
      Seymour Glass
      Stephen Dedalus
      Humbert Humbert
      Hazel Motes
      Hamlet
      MacBeth
      Lear

  28. Brendan Connell

      Weak is right. Moriarty and Peter Pan were troubled? As Tadd said, Raskolnikov was troubled. Cassady, who was Moriarty, wasn’t troubled. He was a friend of my parents. Nuts yes. Troubled no. This Parsons fellow sounds like just another prick trying to sell a book.

  29. MG

      Stephen Dedalus?

  30. Tadd

      True. I was just thinking–what book doesn’t have a troubled protagonist? Troubled males, hell. Who wants a novel without trouble, period?

  31. Tadd

      Henry Miller! Who I continue to believe is/was a fictional character.

  32. mimi

      “Top Ten Troubled Males in Fiction Thinking Fast, Off the Top of My Head”

      Darl Budren
      Quentin Compson
      Holden Caulfield
      Seymour Glass
      Stephen Dedalus
      Humbert Humbert
      Hazel Motes
      Hamlet
      MacBeth
      Lear

  33. MG

      Yeah, jeez, Humbert Humbert, duh. Nice list.

  34. MG

      Yeah, jeez, Humbert Humbert, duh. Nice list.

  35. ce.

      Humbert for sure. Good call.

  36. ce.

      I feel like some of your nominations might have been left off because they’re just too easy. I liked that the list seemed to explore a bit more instead of dive right into the first that come to mind. To me, it shows he gave it some real consideration instead of just some Family Feud “survey-says?!” shit.

  37. ce.

      Humbert for sure. Good call.

  38. ce.

      I feel like some of your nominations might have been left off because they’re just too easy. I liked that the list seemed to explore a bit more instead of dive right into the first that come to mind. To me, it shows he gave it some real consideration instead of just some Family Feud “survey-says?!” shit.