[GOP_Party_Animal]

Absolutely agree. I had to read it in high school in 1987, then I re-read it as an adult with my fiancee in 1998. Still incomprehensible dribble.

Stories like this are pretenders to the literary world just like "modern art" is the participation trophy to the visual arts. It's the output of a Western World in decline.

[Borges]

It’s pretty straightforward and was a best seller at the time. We aren’t talking about James Joyce here.