Confederacy of Dunces

[Paul Rafferty]

I remember being obsessed by Tim Etchell's Endland Stories Or Sad Lives in
my younger days, but found the re-read kind of dull and outdated. I didn't
even make it to the end. The bleakness overcame my desire to get through it.
I still loved certain sections but that quickfire prose style made for a
disorganised and restless read.

Anyone ever check that book out?

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Brock Vond <wilsonistrey at gmail.com> wrote:

> interesting sub-sub-thread of the doorstopper discussion...
>
> Which books have we re-read... only to question our first readings?
>
> Thx for the thoughts tho.
>
>
>
> On Nov 19, 2008, at 7:30 PM, Lawrence Bryan wrote:
>
>
>> I read this shortly after it was published on an extended trip around the
>> Pacific. Don't know if it was the circumstances of our Pacific
>> circumnavigation, but I rather enjoyed it as did my eleven year old son and
>> (somewhat older) wife. Some years later a copy found its way to the top of a
>> stack of books to eject from my library and remembering how I had enjoyed it
>> I decided to reread it. What a difference in time and circumstance. I
>> couldn't finish a reread, kept wondering what I had enjoyed the first time
>> through. Anyone else find the second go somewhat of a bummer?
>>
>> Lawrence
>>
>> On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Brock Vond wrote:
>>
>>  Hey All -
>>>
>>> I've noticed a few people on this list note this book as one they've
>>> revisited... I'm a HUGE Howard Stern fan and his "side-kick" for lack of a
>>> more fitting term, Artie (not a well-read individual at all) constantly
>>> refers to this book as being really really great.
>>>
>>> I know the sad story behind the publication of the book and was wondering
>>> what a few of the P Listers (obviously well-read individuals) think of this
>>> book.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thoughts would be appreciated before i go and buy this and spend months
>>> getting to it...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>


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