What is some good literature about living in a condo?

August 28, 2005 4:37 PM

Looking for good literature which features living in a condo.

I'm looking for books/short stories which feature life in a condominium. I'm sure there must be some out there. I tend to like absurd/comedic but "serious" literature is fine also. I'm really looking for stories in which the "condo life" is the subject.

posted by jeremias to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

David Schickler's Kissing in Manhattan - Many of the characters live in a Manhattan building called the Preemption. Absurd/comedic situations galore.
posted by Mapes at 5:00 PM on August 28, 2005

George Perec's Life: A User's Manual is all about life in a Parisian apartment building. And also both absurd an "serious".
posted by AwkwardPause at 5:57 PM on August 28, 2005

There are some scenes in Infinite Jest in condos, but then there are some 900+ pages that don't take place in condos, too.
posted by callmejay at 6:32 PM on August 28, 2005

The answer is obvious: John D. MacDonald's Condominium. And so timely, too. Probably the TV movie is unavailable.

Oh, you wanted good literature?
posted by Aknaton at 6:54 PM on August 28, 2005

Fight Club partially took place in a condo. Heh.
posted by mecran01 at 7:40 PM on August 28, 2005

Independence Day by Richard Ford.
posted by Airhen at 7:50 PM on August 28, 2005

High Rise by JG Ballard.
posted by fuzz at 1:20 AM on August 29, 2005

Mrs. Ted Bliss, by Stanley Elkin, is about a widow living in a Miami condo.
posted by scratch at 6:26 AM on August 29, 2005