The Sot-Weed Factor: A Novel

from EnglishPatient

I read this book 40 years ago when I should have been revising for A levels. I've been meaning to re-read it ever since but I keep putting it off because I want to save it up for a special occasion. Big and bawdy with a galaxy of wildly eccentric characters who keep popping up again and in increa...

from ternary

Outlandish. Uproariously funny. Very clever.Duplicity to the point where the reader doubts even her own identity, shameless coincidences of familial relationship, and an absurd, tangled skein of intrigue in which right and wrong are as constant as the weathercock. All this, set to swamp infested,...

from jonfaith

Joel bought me something several years ago for xmas. I already owned it. He kept that copy and asked, teeth gritted, what I wanted. I suggested this and read it over the holidays, particularly one hungover party at my parents'. Punning and ribald, it must be situated just below Pynchon, specifica...

from jaimelesmaths

It doesn't look it, but this book is freaking hilarious. And bawdy to boot! The description on the back cover doesn't do it justice. It's long, but, for the most part, it doesn't drag, and the constant plot turns will keep you entertained. And this book certainly has a twisty plot without being t...

from jonfaith

Joel bought me something several years ago for xmas. I already owned it. He kept that copy and asked, teeth gritted, what I wanted. I suggested this and read it over the holidays, particularly one hungover party at my parents'. Punning and ribald, it must be situated just below Pynchon, specifica...