Can I just tell you how intensely hilarious this book is? I have been LITERALLY slapping my knee all week. I laugh until the tears roll down my cheeks. In fact, The Devils is so funny that I can't read more than 2 pages at a time. The antics of Mr. V and that ball-busting Mrs. Stavrogin keep me in stitches.

Witness this howler:

"A remarkable Russian poet, who was not without a sense of humor, seeing the great Rachel for the first time on the stage, cried rapturously: "I wouldn't exchange Rachel for the Russian peasant!" I'm prepared to go farther: I'd gladly give all the peasants in Russia for one Rachel. It's time we took a more sober view of things and didn't mistake our native pitch for bouquet de l'imperatrice."

As one of you stated better, I didn't understand Gravity's Rainbow but I still enjoyed it. This book is the opposite.

Also, my book started on page 21.

Day 0

Yeah, I'm in. I don't know that I'll finish by the end of November though. We should start handing out badges for this stuff.