Best fourth wall breaks in novels? Is there such a thing?

Haha deadpool ikr
Its called a phatic expression
4th wall is for the theatre

>>10025725
Mister B. Gone

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>>10025737
I knew there had to be a term for it. Too bad I was too lazy to look it up.

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>>10025738
How creative.

>>10025737
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic_expression
>In linguistics, a phatic expression /ˈfætJk/ is communication which serves a social function such as small talk and social pleasantries that don't seek or offer any information of value.[1] For example, greetings such as "hello" and "how are you?" are phatic expressions.[2]
???

>>10025749
Jakobson's theories are applicable in literature

The proper term is metafiction and the best in literature is Nabokov's Pale Fire

If on a winter's night a traveler

>>10025749
>greetings such as "hello" and "how are you?" are phatic expressions.


>proceeds to snub all these motherfuckers