>Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Dislike him. A cheap sensationalist, clumsy and vulgar. A prophet, a claptrap journalist and a slapdash comedian. Some of his scenes are extraordinarily amusing. Nobody takes his reactionary journalism seriously.
Christ, I knew Wallace was a hack but this ridiculous. No discernible talent is right.
Graham Greene said that.
>>7744049
Pretty sure it was Joyce
>>7744045
my dad sent me a link to this article and i had the exact same response: http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2016/02/what-pundits-dont-get-about-trump.html
>70 pages into IJ
Utterly tedious. Does it get better?
>>7744128
>complaining before even reading the GOAT ebonics chapter
this is why no one likes redditors
>>7744139
You mean
>Wardine be cry
>>7744128
Or actually does. Around 600 it becomes amazing. But it's a good ride until then as well
>>7744128
Great from the first page. You're a pleb
>>7744139
thats like page in the first 50 pages tho..
>>7744220
This. I don't understand why so many people complain that the first hundred pages or so are tedious. It moves along quite briskly with a neat structure and some nice prose.
>>7744247
The first episode was easily the most enjoyable until far later in the book. I absolutely love the beginning. I am sitting in a room, surrounded by heads and bodies.
Always reminds me of Alivn Lucier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAxHlLK3Oyk
I just started it and I'm completely captivated. It's hilarious with just a bit of a dark under-toning that makes it that much better.
>>7744273
thank you
It was Sommerset Maugham
>>7744128
It's meant to be tedious cause life is tedius.
You do know Wallace wrote an entire essay on how Dostoyevsky was like the best outline of his New Sincerity ideals right?
>>7746693
I fucking hate your template.