I haven't read
The Room, but having read
Requiem for a Dream, which is also by Hubert Selby, Jr., I can imagine what it might be like. I'll have to check it out sometime.
American Psycho would, so far, be the worst thing I've read as well. Like you mentioned, though, there's a certain absurdity to the whole thing, mixed with uncertainty regarding what's real and what's in Patrick Bateman's mind, that makes it not as bad as it could be. Either way, great book.
They're not even remotely as depraved, but you should check out Bret Easton Ellis' other books too.
Less Than Zero does have one scene in particular that got to me while reading it, but nothing close to the mayhem of
American Psycho. Patrick Bateman's brother is a main character of
Rules of Attraction, and Patrick Bateman has a cameo appearance as well (this is before American Psycho obviously). Anyway, I'm a big fan of the author.
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I dont remember the titles, but Anne Rice wrote some radical depravity under a pen name. I believe there were 3 in a series, but dont hold me to that.
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Her
Sleeping Beauty trilogy? I flipped through it at the book store once. It was... interesting.
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Beauty's Punishment
Beauty's Release
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Oh, and if it's anything like the movie,
The 120 Days of Sodom promises to be severely depraved, but I haven't read it. (Nor have I seen most of the movie, but I've seen enough.)