>>>I think Foucault's Pendulum was the forerunner. It was written in 1988.
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>>I've read it a couple times. It's not an easy read. The vocabulary is a bit beyond my everyday use and I have a hard time understanding some of the cultural differences from what I know. Overall, I like it, but it's almost like reading Faulkner.
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>It's all the names, histories, cross indices etc that makes it hard for me. I can't keep all of it straight.
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>The only book I've ever read that was more difficult than that was Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, but I truly did love that one. I read it twice, but I don't think I have the fortitude to read it a third time - regardless that it needs it.
"Finnegan's Wake" would have to take the prize for me. Nearly inpenetrable. "Ulysses" wasn't exactly a light work, but it's like "See Spot Run" compared to "Finnegan's Wake".
Happy Bloomsday, BTW (tomorrow).
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