Title: comic masterwork.
Product review: I've read a few of Barth's books and this one standsout for sheer entertainment value and laughs. I thinkBarth has an original satirical mind but you mightnot agree.The book is long - and I'm a little averse to long novels.I dislike getting into a book and discovering thatI'm far from finishing and not enjoying it much - yetstill feeling somehow committed. I did not have thisproblem with The Sot-Weed Factor.Even right now I am reading an 800 page novel by one ofour great American writers... I'm halfway through itand wondering if anything interesting is going to happen,contemplating shelving the book and the writer can keephis secrets!You might find this book pompous and self-indulgent. Ididn't think on that too much. I just found it funny.I've read a lot of less-entertaining and less thought-provoking books. Chances are if you have a permissive,indulgent sense of humor you'll get a kick out of thisone.
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