Molloy I and II

I loved this story! I laughed at so many parts I couldn't even keep track. All the little oddities of Molloy, especially the ones that reflect the personality quirks of "normal" people. Brilliant!

Beckett is a genius! He writes the first part about Molloy in a sort of stream of consciousness style, fading out of one thought and into another only to return with a snap to where he'd begun and elaborate. It's a grip of little eternal recurrences in a single novel!

The second part, in the head of Moran, was also very interesting. It's crazy how Beckett got into the mind of an Asperger so well! All the choices, decisions and outbursts are the mathematical reactions to the equations of his social interactions. Unfortunately since Moran can't really connect with and understand social interactions he always reacts inappropriately. He comes across as monstrous but by the end of the book he is simply pathetic and gives up on society to become a kind of hermit. He became what he already was, accepted it, he returned from the way in which he was not to become himself.

My new personal favorite author! Let's see how long he lasts with all the brilliant reads Dr. Sexson keeps exposing me to!