I'm at 75% and expect to finish this weekend.
It is dark. Right from the very first paragraph. All the adjectives that could have been used and instead keeps repeating ruined, ruined, ruined. Occasionally there is a light veneer on top, but it is still dark underneath.
Random trivia from IMDB. Martin Amis was John in the movie when he was 15. It was the only time he made an appearance in a movie; the rest of his movie credits are for writing.
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