I have a copy of Gravity’s Rainbow that I’m just waiting for the right sucker to convince to read it.
I was very briefly tempted to put it on a “recommended reading list” for junior officers when I was a commander, but I’m pretty sure that’s against the Geneva Convention rules.
Getting to a point you’re reading it purely for enjoyment? That’s not going to happen. Being glad it’s finished, like digging out an ingrown toenail? Yes, you’ll get there.
I feel like it’s a novel as described by Stefon from SNL. This novel has everything! V2 rockets, sexual conditioning of children, even an incestuous relationship where the father thinks it’s his daughter, but maybe not…
On the Road by Jack Kerouac is not good, and I hate all the characters to varying degrees.