charlemango comments on Open thread, 23-29 June 2014 - Less Wrong
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Are you saying the whole point of the book is to confuse readers?
I was thinking that might be part of the experience the book was trying to induce, yes. Something along the lines of this.
The entire book is actually just the greatest troll in the history of literature!
The beginning section, Benjy, is a bunch of different narrative timelines spliced together and switched out of order. Wait until you get to the Quentin section. It gets even worse.
I'm not sure, but my recollection is that the other parts aren't as hard as Benjy's bit. It's been a few years, though.