Welcome to Litsy!

A ship of fools goes aground in a lake near New Orleans, and the yacht‘s widowed mistress is not too happy. This book, Faulkner‘s 2nd (1927), has so many issues, including a sputtering narrative and Lolita-ish eroticism. And yet, so, I enjoyed it. It‘s funny. The characters stick and hang around. They can humorously romantic, and then suddenly full of deep drunken thoughts on the arts. One character reads poetry aloud. So…well…flawed but…

(1927) Faulkner's second novel is a satire aimed at the New Orleans art crowd, set on a yacht excursion on Lake Pontchartrain. It's un-Faulknerish and not one of his better works, but still: dude could write and the jokes are good.

Banned in Boston, apparently for a scene in which two women, one naked, lie in bed together and talk about being virgins. Really.

This was my #BookSpin for May. Thanks for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks !

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"The sex instinct," repeated Mr. Talliaferro in his careful cockney, with that smug complacence with which you plead guilty to a characteristic which you privately consider a virtue, "is quite strong in me."

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#BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for May. The first is the next in the "Banned in Boston" project, though I hadn't yet decided whether to reread it because it's my very least favorite of the Faulkner oeuvre. I guess this settles it. TTI, on the other hand, are always worth a visit.

Thanks @TheAromaofBooks

So my family doesn‘t get why I find this sign funny, do you? #litsyhumor #signs

Once upon a time these three novels—among many others—were “Banned in Boston.” This is one of several exhibits in Boston‘s Old South Meeting House that examine the definitions and ramifications of freedom. 💙📚❤️

Book haul part 2. 😁It's gonna be a great March!

In Nola for the week and picked this up at Faulkner house books since he wrote it while living here

Picked up Mosquitoes today at Faulkner House Books in NOLA. It was his second novel & one of the 4 he wrote while living in this house. Pumped to read it on a future trip!