ceoln reviewed The conversions by Harry Mathews
Review of 'The conversions' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I am not completely proud of how much I love books like this, but I do.
It's somewhat pretentious, somewhat "ooh look how smart I am, I am in on the joke, I understand this conundrum, and realize that the author has purposely given this other one no solution, look how all of this is meta-commentary on story-telling and novel-writing, and how much I grok all of that!".
But on the other hand it's really good meta-commentary, via really wonderful conundrums both soluble and insoluble, and I had a great time reading it.
Also, it has a will that requires certain heirs to eat the funeral music transcribed as pancakes. What more could one want!