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[Anonymous No.11168940]

>Its a Marathe chapter

[Anonymous No.11168979]

it's been a few years since I read the ole jest. but the irony of the hamlet references in the book and of Blooms own negative views toward Wallace as an author as well as his well known Idolization of Shakespeare and of Hamlet in particular is staggering in retrospect.

[Anonymous No.11169441]

>>11168940
>DUDE what about Canadian ASSASSINS but get this, dude, what if they're in WHEELCHAIRS!?

[Anonymous No.11169452]

is Schtitt a homo? does he rape Mario? im on page ~200

[Anonymous No.11169481]

>>11169452
he rapes his sister Avril

[Anonymous No.11169555]

>>11168940
>it's a Hal chapter

[Anonymous No.11169569]

>>11168940
I was influenced by Manuel Puig for those chapters, I don't expect my American audience (obnoxious, low IQ, ugly, but good people) to understand

[Anonymous No.11169585]

>dude what if I made a book about fathers raping their sons but hide it within 1000 pages so people would think it's art?

[Anonymous No.11169609]

>>11169585
What? Literally where

[Anonymous No.11169789]

>>11169609
Are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.11170012]

Highly agree OP. I love IJ as much as the next guy but if you remove the mediocre material it's like 200 really good pages

[Anonymous No.11170315]

>>11169481
This is how Mario's born, correct?

[Anonymous No.11170369]

>>11170315
I thought Orin and Avril boned and that's why Mario came out handicapped

[Anonymous No.11170492]

>>11169789
Oh at the end, mickeys dad i gotcha

[Anonymous No.11170494]

>It's a Poor Tony chapter

[Anonymous No.11170498]

>>11170369
Orin wasn't old enough by then. It's a suggestion that CT isn't outside-the-family-adopted like we're led to believe through Avril.

[Anonymous No.11170628]

>>11170494
>it's a Poor Tony chapter

[Anonymous No.11170705]

Can we all agree Don Gately chapters are GOAT?

[Anonymous No.11170834]

>>11168940
Fun Fact from the DFW Biography:

His editor wanted to cut all the Marathe/Steeply bullshit from the book but the stubborn autist refused to do so

[Anonymous No.11170850]

>>11169481
schitt isn't avril's brother, that's tavis you fuck

[Anonymous No.11170854]

Reading for the second time. Is Orin a faggot for being attracted to Steeply in drag? What's the deal with that.

[Anonymous No.11170864]

>it's a Randy Lenz chapter

[Anonymous No.11170865]

But yeah the first time I read those chapters they fucking sucked! And the second time I dreaded them but came to find them somewhat interesting.

Highlights are cultural attitudes towards the entertainment, with the discussion of free will and choice. The illusion of choice giving way to instant gratification, vs a higher power steering people in a dignified direction.

But yeah. Very dry and boring shit for the most part, and by far the worst characters in the book.

[Anonymous No.11170869]

>It's himself's father drunkenly ranting about treating objects with care, and his son's prodigal future in tennis

[Anonymous No.11170920]

>>11168940
>marathe chapters are the best chapters

[Anonymous No.11170950]

>its an endnotes chapter

[Anonymous No.11170955]

>>11170864
for some reason i found randy lenz to be the most palpable character in the book, maybe its because im a touch schiz

>>11170854
orin's vanity interferes with his ability to see past the obvious disguise

[Anonymous No.11171162]

>>11169569
>obnoxious, low IQ, ugly, but good people

You may not like it, but this is what peak sincerity sounds like

[Anonymous No.11172070]

>>11169569
>obnoxious, low IQ, ugly, but good people

You nailed his schtick