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The scene where they were trying to collect money from a carpet that was electrified wasn't very pretty.

It wasn't but scenes like this did happen a lot back in the Jim Crow South. What did you want Ellison to do, gloss over conditions that existed back them? BTW, a lot of liberals would have you believe that conditions for blacks haven't changed since then. However, they did change for the better....DRAMATICALLY. Sorry if you were offended by those scenes but that was the reality of the South (and to some extent the North) back about 70 years ago.

I don't think it is a matter of being offended by certain scenes. I admit such things happened, however, it does not mean I care to read about them. The best analogy I can come up with is bitter childhood memories one relives some times. Memories that bite hard and are things best forgotten.

Another factor for me is writing style. The style in which the book is written rather grates on me.

All that aside, I will try and work my way through the book, and give it another chance.