A mate of mine
recommended Rushdie (and in particular Midnight's Children) to me.

Next time I saw him I told him that I'd bought it and really couldn't get into it, and he said 'Yeah, me too, I was just saying it was good, to be honest, 'cos it seems like something I should have liked'

I felt like presenting him with an invoice for the several hours of my life I lost attempting to enjoy it...
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 17:22, 1 reply)

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lol. I've got a copy of "Midnights Children" on my desk. I couldn't make head nor tail of the first page even, but people have started commenting on how well read I must be.

I asked a friend who had studied English literature if he knew anyone that had actually read Ulysees. He said that nobody has ever read it, and he thinks it was written as a joke.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 17:29, closed)

it is
sitting on my shelf. As it has been since I bought it. Four years ago. One of those things where I look at it, think ".....nah" and go read The Hunt For Red October again.
(cypherspace is not a toaster, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:19, closed)

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Yes I've found time to read Adrian Mole about 5000 times.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 13:15, closed)