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Where am I supposed to start with this guy? I’ve heard good things about The Tunnel, should I read anything before that?

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>>16165277
his commencement addresses maybe

>> No.16165990

Start with On Being Blue and In the Heart of the Heart of the Country to get a feel for his style before jumping into The Tunnel

>> No.16166578

>>16165277
Omensetter's Luck

>> No.16166690

The Tunnel is black metal in literary form

>> No.16166992

start with The Tunnel don't be a coward

>> No.16167272

>>16165277
https://youtu.be/_JdrEpL4cbc
15 seconds in, Gass mentions "tearing out pages of Herman Wouk"... Lacking any familiarity, except that Wouk won a Pulitzer, does this sound like a slight against Wouk, or putting him in the same league with Gaddis?

>> No.16167296

>>16165990
>>16166578
Yeah I recommend starting with Omensetter's or these other two. I think they're better than The Tunnel anyway. But if you want to jump into that book just go for it. Realize that the beginning sections are intentionally difficult as a "fuck you" gateway and the entire book is not that strange and hard to read (if you find the beginning hard).

>> No.16167309

>>16167272
Wouk was good writer, not very fashionable in literary circles though he wrote general readers

>> No.16167452

>>16165277
the tunnel is 800 pages of "nazis bad"

>> No.16167489

>>16167452
sounds based