http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2075&msg_id=2077 I vote for Super Sad True Love Story. This book has two advantages over The Third Policeman, which it sounds very similar to: 1) It is not compared to the works of James Joyce (who wrote literally the most difficult novel to read, Finnegan's Wake). 2) It is on the kindle. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) The Good Books Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:48:20 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2075&msg_id=2077 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2075&msg_id=2076 I think I'm going to go for The Third Policeman. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) The Good Books Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:40:17 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2075&msg_id=2076 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2075&msg_id=2075 Allison's picks After all the doom and gloom...and equations, lets read something light and fun! The Third Policeman by: Flann O’Brien 200 pages The Third Policemanis Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told by a narrator who has committed a botched robbery and brutal murder, the novel follows him and his adventures in a two-dimensional police station where, through the theories of the scientist/philosopher de Selby, he is introduced to "Atomic Theory" and its relation to bicycles, the existence of eternity (which turns out to be just down the road), and de Selby's view that the earth is not round but "sausage-shaped." With the help of his newly found soul named "Joe," he grapples with the riddles and contradictions that three eccentric policeman present to him. The last of O'Brien's novels to be published, The Third Policeman joins O'Brien's other fiction (At Swim-Two-Birds, The Poor Mouth, The Hard Life, The Best of Myles, The Dalkey Archive) to ensure his place, along with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as one of Ireland's great comic geniuses. Super Sad True Love Storyby Gary Shteyngart 331 pages Author Gary Shteyngart might have the most memorable name, but the author of Absurdistan continues to roll out wild dystopian novels that unnerve you even while you're laughing. Super Sad True Love Story belies almost every word of its title, but it still plunges us into a satirical realm that we can recognize if we open our eyes widely. Restless, middle-aged, maladjusted Lenny Abramov and young Eunice Park, his somewhat reluctant old-fashioned love interest alternate as narrators, each of them projecting a slightly twisted view of an even more twisted reality. A refreshing satirical romp for hip fiction readers. Remained by: Tom McCarthy 308 pages A man is severely injured in a CatLady@idkfa.com (CatLady) The Good Books Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:07:57 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2075&msg_id=2075