Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction: The Author-Reader Contract 1
6. 1. Narrative Speed in Contemporary Fiction 14
7. 2. Modalities of Complaint 40
8. 3. Conjugations of the Grotesque 77
9. 4. Violence 115
10. 5. Attacking the Reader’s Ontological Assumptions 141
11. Conclusion: Why Read Aggressive Fictions? 164
12. Notes 173
13. Bibliography 185
14. Index 195