Whatever Gets You Through the Night

[Joseph Tracy]

I'm reading Andrei Codrescu's reworking of the1001 Arabian nights, Whatever Gets You Through the Night. It really is a delightful read with a treasury of  em bed ed post'modern commentary.  Sexy, funny, with a hidden dagger and the  soul stirring energy of a  poetic tender hearted wise-ass invading the deep mythos.   This is the first non-Pynchon fiction that I have read in years that I think would be widely enjoyed by the list as a group read.  Hoping someone will try it and render a second opinion. Is there a doctor in the house?

Tom Robbins said, Like a supercomputer concealed inside an exotic aphrodisiac fruit, Codrescu's retelling of this ancient bawdy wonderwork ends up by surprisingly calculating the future of our race. 

OK , Robbins probably had smoked some strong stuff before writing that, and I am only a third in, but this is indeed some good shit.