THE DEGENERATE. The degenerate has two simple aims: to drink, or to take drugs, and to make use of his exotic status as a foreigner to sleep with as many local women as possible. While a sad, immoral creature, the degenerate can be quite charming in his raw state. It is when he poses as something else – a dreamer, a poet et cetera – that he is most insu…
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