>reading my copy of Gravity's Rainbow
>all of a sudden the book stops working
>get a notification from the hooded ones saying that my Patrician Club license has expired
>I have to go through all seven trials and the vocational initiation of the high brow again
>tfw the hooded ones wouldn't let me into their underground meetings because they could sense my Patrician's License was fake
>tfw had to make my own Patrician Club
>tfw I'm the only member
Who are some writers similar to Richard Yates?
>the hooded men watch me as I hold bowling balls
>I don't understand, but I comply and they scrutinize my hand-hold and I try to impress them with how long I can withstand their test
>suddenly, I realize, they're watching my wrist strength and they know I've never read a book heavier than a novela because my wrists aren't buckling
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>GR
>Patrician
lol