#bunny corcoran is dead

THE SECRET HISTORY

What always amazed me is how Richard always said what a great friend Bunny was after his death despite everything that happened during the story.

Bunny was a shitty friend not only towards Richard, but also towards the rest of the group and Camilla who Richard was supposably in love with.

I’m not saying any of them were good people, all in saying is Bunny was not great either.

He was a misogynistic homophobe who took advantage of everyone around him without the ounce of gratitude and was ready to expose any little secret when he pleased.

He treated Francis badly. He treated Camilla terribly. He bullied Richard with presumptions about him and California. Richard was scared of him.

And then Bunny died (with a little help) and Richard spent the rest of the book saying I miss my good friend Bunny, my non-horrible, non-problematic friend who was deep down a good person.

What a load of flying crap.

I know that in most cultures people are not supposed to talk ill of the dead but dying doesn’t make nobody a saint. If he was a misogynistic homophobe, now he’s just a deceased misogynistic homophobe.