RE: Lowbrow Culture

Is this going to turn into a less intellectual Corner? (It can't. I have a real job. Sort of. And no self control.)

But interesting thesis. Very Chuck Klosterman.

True, though. Catcher in the Rye and Story of My Life both use the flashback as a literary device: their narrators/protagonists are both safely nestled in mental hospitals, if I remember correctly. And those were just the first two books that popped into my head. I'm sure there are zillions more.