William Gaddis, c/d?

For me the biggest hump was the sections with the priest - which, to be honest, I got over by skimming - and after that I got into its groove. At some point I’d like to reread it and bother googling the art and mythical references I don’t get, but I’ll probably read some other Gaddis before I do so

Which priest? John Huss or Rev. Gwyon?

I'm referencing Gaddis Annotations a lot but I find that the author gives away a lot of plot details, which I object to from a misplaced literary rockism.

Rev gwyon, the mad rural priest with the bull - I don’t even remember who huss is

I don't think I would've known who Huss was if not for the online annotations; he appears only a handful of times, and when he does, I wasn't even able to tell what other characters were present.

J R was great, I’m less enchanted with The R and maybe it suffers from having less formal constraint than J R but there’s plenty to like about it anyway

i like carpenters gothic the most or a frolic of his own. i liked how carpenter's gothic was told from the point of view of the house. sometimes i wish he would just write -said susan idk once in a while

"She lives just outside Paris, in a place called Banlieu."

"Mi playa!"

Loved the Recognitions and only kinda liked Frolic.

Oddly I don't have a single memory of Carpenter's Gothic. I guess it is possible that I never read it. Doesn't seem like me not to have ever tried - back in my 20s it was exactly the sort of thing I would have been into. But I really don't remember. Weird.

frolic is the funniest one

Cranky old guy writes cranky old guy, film at eleven

Where do I sign up?

I'm listening to the audiobook of J R now and it's quite a performance by Nick Sullivan.

Here’s a 2020 article on how it was done if anyone’s interested. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/17/i-cried-actor-120-characters-to-life-jr-william-gaddis-nick-sullivan-audiobook