[PUGACHEV]

This will not be the first time I’ve had to defend Ulysses on FR. It is one of the best works of fiction I’ve ever read. I read it first when I was twenty and became hooked. I’ve read it again about every decade since, and still see more in it each time. Only Joseph Conrad novels do that for me besides Ulysses. I honestly can’t understand if one fails to see the depth and humor in the novel. There are phrases and thoughts from Ulysses which come to me every day. One of the characters looks up at a threatening sky during Paddy Dingham’s funeral procession, and remarks that it’s as uncertain as a baby’s bottom, and I guess taste in literature is the same.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The book I read that was a tough read, but which I found to be a revelation upon completion, was "V" by Pynchon.

Also a big fan of "The Wasteland" by Eliot that I'm sure is not a fan favorite on FR.