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"A friend finds it pretentious that I'm rating it a 5 and I'm not even done yet. Well, I'm rating it as I'm reading it. So far I'm blown away. Sure, the "stream of consciousness" can sometimes be very difficult (not to understand but read) but so far there were a lot of scenes in the book that I love so dearly. I have a feeling that this will turn out to be my new all time favorite." — Mar 24, 2013 04:17AM
"A friend finds it pretentious that I'm rating it a 5 and I'm not even done yet. Well, I'm rating it as I'm reading it. So far I'm blown away. Sure, the "stream of consciousness" can sometimes be very difficult (not to understand but read) but so far there were a lot of scenes in the book that I love so dearly. I have a feeling that this will turn out to be my new all time favorite." — Mar 24, 2013 04:17AM


“You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.”
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“Suttree stood among the screaming leaves and called the lightning down. It cracked and boomed about and he pointed out the darkened heart within him and cried for light. If there be any art in the weathers of this earth. Or char these bones to coal. If you can, if you can. A blackened rag in the rain.”
― Suttree
― Suttree

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