Absolutely
"An Immense hatred keeps me alive... i would live for a thousand years if i were certain of seeing the whole world croak."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
He was an asshole. He was also the greatest literary artist of the 20th century, not just my opinion, but, according to other great literary artists, such as Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, to name a few.