/lit/ - Literature

dunno whether the ending counts as "hero gets the girl"

>>20154252

Wait, this nigga really beat off to dogs?

where do I go after this book about literally me?

>Predicts the redditor

>>19348280
idk I'm just going to wait to die and leverage the guilt of people left behind into doing this for me as some kind of last testament to my life lol

This is the dumbest book I've ever read and, at the same time, the funniest.

>>18914579
It was.

This mad lad right here.

Books like this?

My fav of all time. Looking for similar reads

I felt so stupid reading this book 6 years ago.

> invented the modern day neckbeard in the 70s
> lampooned degeneracy
> feminist character is a pathetic whore
> neckbeard addicted to masturbating
> predicted victim culture
> all loose ends tied up nicely
Read it.

This book has some great moments. The main character reminds me of Chris Chan, if Chris was actually smart.

John Kennedy Toole

More books with vivid characters and fun/tragic shenanigans? I liked this book.

I recently got into a conversation with a bunch of 20-year-olds about what books they read in high school. It wasn't much different than what I was assigned. Of Mice and Men was popular, The Great Gatsby, Old Yeller, Brave New World. I'm in my 40s.

A couple of years back I finally read A Confederacy of Dunces. Most of these books fly right over the head of teenagers, but I started wondering what would be a good book to shove down these kid's throats. How about Confederacy? I think it's really perfect for high school kids. Ignatius is a character I think kids could really relate to. Is this a good book for high school? Does anyone assign it?

I do like Catcher in the Rye as well and am not sure why kids aren't assigned that more often.

What do you think?

If you recall the ending, he fondles his stinky beatnik GFs hair from the backseat of a car. What do you anons think would have happened to him after that? In the long run?

>>16295332
damn communiss

>There are all of my notes and jottings. We must never let them fall into the hands of my mother. She may make a fortune from them. It would be too ironic.
This line at the very end of the book was very interesting to me, as the book seemed somewhat autobiographical based on what I know about Ken Toole and his mother. This is basically what happened in real life. Ken's mother swindled the Dad's side of the family out of the rights to his novel when she finally got it published, and she got everything. I know Toole tried to get this published before he killed himself, but this line here was really sad to read.
All in all I thought this book was OK at best. The story was very well developed, the different plotlines tied together very nicely, Mr. Levy and his wife was my favorite plotline. Additionally, I had to consult the dictionary several times while reading which I always appreciate. However, I did not find this book funny, which is what I was expecting from it. There was never a point while reading where I found a dialogue or action to be humorous, the story was infantile and silly (bad way). The book was a page-turner, I read it all in three (3) days, and it was a very compelling story, but I did not gain anything from it other than a few new vocabulary words