>One of the greatest novels in the US canon >Almost

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>>8011959

>>8012667
Nice pick when it comes to Reilly, but Terry Gilliam has never made anything good

>>8012667
i think this could legit be turned into a good movie

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>One of the greatest authors of all time
>Almost faded into obscurity.

>>8011959
Can someone explain why this book is hailed as the greatest comedic novel of all time? I read the first fifty pages and couldn't get any farther mostly because Ignatius' dialogue felt overdone and never got a laugh out of me. At least Jones was funny, but that was pretty much the literary equivalent of black face

>>8012879
I got about half way through. I think a big part of the humour is the juxtaposition of just how tragic literally all the characters and how they unknowingly go about their lives despite it.

Still I didn't find it that funny

>>8012879
>>8012888

You aren't allowing yourself to enjoy the ridicule of Ignatius because you identify with him. You're too on-guard.

>>8012912
>i don't identify with the main character of the book i read
>that makes me not on-guard somehow

good one la

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>one of the greatest of all time
>almost spent all of his time shitposting on the internet

>>8012950
thanks for the boost m8, needed that :^)

>>8012667
It's like you read my mind.

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>Best book america ever wrote was about the shopkeeper from the Zelda CDI games

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>>8012667
Fixed

>>8013391
jesus kek

>>8013391
Ho lee fuck
What's a post

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>>8012667
>>8012693
>>8012695
>>8013410
They almost did one with Divine playing the lead role. I'm not joking.

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>>8013559
He certainly was fat and bizarre enough. Add a neckbeard and it would work. Never will happen, he's dead.