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What type of book is this?
Should I read it?

>> No.23016907

Pushover cuck who doesn't know how to connect with people so he dedicates all his time to obscure medieval literature at the expense of his family, and has a crazy bitch wife who pussywhips him

>> No.23016911

Literary porn for people to self-insert as the cuck main character.

>> No.23016915

The story of a very miserable life punctuated by sparse instances of severe comfiness

If I have a little daughter I'm giving her a little desk in my office at home and she can work on her homework or paint/draw while I do my work from homeoffice

>> No.23016918

>>23016891
It's a story of a life of an average man. Beautiful, clear prose, highly recommend

>> No.23017184

>>23016891
Didn't really care for it since it's just about some prof that bullies some disabled kid at uni, and then gets cucked.
Just read Butcher's Crossing. It's way better.

>> No.23017518

>>23017184
>prof that bullies some disabled kid at uni, and then gets cucked
You didn't read it nigga.

>> No.23017543

>>23016891
It's considered a novel.

>> No.23017572

>>23017184
or Augustus.

>> No.23017629

>>23016891
I didn't think I would like it based on the premise but it is now one of my favourite books. It has some extremely heartfelt moments that you may be able to relate to if you have ever been trapped in a shit relationship or have parents that you don't relate to.

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>> No.23018380

>supposedly an expert on grammar
>doesn't know how to talk to the ones he cares about
>realizes he failed as a father and husband so he absorbs himself in academia
>irony being that he was an indifferent professor who was quickly forgotten by the university he gave everything to, while the negative influence on his family will ripple across generations
it's pottery