Status Updates From Жестяной барабан

In the home stretch and this baby hasn't weakened at all. Going to be, I think, my favorite read of the year along with Burroughs' Naked Lunch.

Score one for me. The references to Klepp staying in bed for days took my mind straight to Oblomov, and I checked it out with the great AI brain, and it's true. I haven't even gotten to the part yet where Oblomov is expressly referenced in the book. Knowing lit helps in knowing other lit.