Reilly, the hero of Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces.’’ Noting that Ignatius writes “UP FROM SLOTH” on the cover of his journal, Miller notes: “I could relate to it. From Middlemarch to Anna Karenina to A Confederacy of Dunces, these are books Miller felt he should read books he'd always wanted to read books he'd previously started but hadn't finished and books he'd lied about having read to impress people.Combining memoir and literary criticism, The Year of Reading Dangerously is Miller's heartfelt.
As a writer, Miller finds his inspiration in Ignatius J. If you forge ahead - the way Miller did with “The Master and Margarita,’’ “Middlemarch,’’ and “War and Peace’’ - you get an affecting tale of the rediscovery of great books. There are, however, slivers of gold in Miller’s effort. Most embarrassingly, Miller publishes a 20-page valentine to Michel Houellebecq, a French author of a dystopian novel called “Atomised.’’ Awed, Miller quotes Houellebecq: “n the end, life always breaks your heart.” And: Life involves an “absolute irreversibility of all processes of decay,” but that’s “not any reason for us to give up trying to make it better.” Profundity cannot always be rendered in bite sizes. What about The Great American Novel? To explore Melville’s “Moby-Dick,’’ Miller spends about a dozen pages describing an imaginary “grudge match” between Melville and Dan Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code.’’ Both recount a quest for a “holy grail,” pack their works with period details, use unreal dialogue, revel in symbolism, struggled with critics and publishers, and produced spinoffs. : The Year of Reading Dangerously (9780007255757) by Miller, Andy and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.
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