No, he's a genius. Haven't read a single word by him, but he's the finest author alive.

I bought The Tunnel when it was published. 20 years later I still live at home and haven't finished it yet.

>>7896836
He is the greatest American writer to ever live--Gaddis, McElroy, and Hawkes following not too far behind--and, regardless of what a few dummies on /lit/ think, he will be remembered for as long as literature is alive.

>>7896919
I can't even tell who's the real gassposter and who's just meming and filling shitposts with --s

>>7896955
It's who you are replying to--me--the gassposter--and, though I wear so many masks that it may seem I am another one of the many--faceless, forgettable, really fucking gay--I'll always be here, with you, anon, writing dumb and overwrought posts like this one.

>>7896836
I wish I could be his bitch-boy. He could fuck me while reciting Rilke.

>>7896992
Gassposter, can we get your top picks? Both Gass and non-Gass. Curious as to your favorite essays by the great man

>>7896836
he's fucking meme. It's the vocal minority that makes it seem like hes our favorite. The biggest try hard ever. doesnt deserve to be mentioned along with gaddis.

>>7896919
McElroy is a hack. Hawkes is nice. But neither are as good as Melville or Twain. Post modernism damn near ruined literature.

>>7897413
Yes I realize that. I was having fun with the Gassposter.

his essays are great though mate check em out, a slew of em hit libgen recently

>>7897413
Feel free to feel what you want about Gass, but I feel you should know two things: one, Gaddis, who was Gass' lifelong friend, deeply respected him; and, two, unless you were to define postmodernism as a collection of literary techniques foregrounded in the past, Gass isn't a postmodern writer; he writes, as he calls it, decayed modern, which, if you read enough of him to understand his ideas, makes sense.
>>7897399
I'll probably make a picture at some point, but unlike the one by Fatherdubs, half of it won't be completely made up.