Drink deep draughts

palazofhoon

Apr 30, 2025 12:42 AM

As with the Iliad, which I love for the same reasons (eye-burning splendour of language, relish of brutality, tenderness beyond tenderness), the most overlooked bits are the jokes.

tokyodrifter

7 months ago

Reading this rn! Queequeg rules.

So pleased for you. It's my fave novel. Seeing it was what RSBookClub was reading atm reminded me to review it. I read it aloud to my wife (who'd never read it) earlier this year and it was just the best time. Digging the Bloom PFP.

tokyodrifter

7 months ago

Lol how did reading it aloud to your wife go? Hard to imagine how the chapter about cetology was received.

palazofhoon

7 months ago

She liked it but needed to take it in in small bites. "Pig-fish" is now one of my pet names for her after we read it in that chapter.

yesiamapersonplease

7 months ago

This might be the best review of both of these books I've ever read.

palazofhoon

7 months ago

Aw thanks a bunch.