maybe not all lit-ruhchuh is supposed to be enjoyable to read. ulysses succeeds in being not-enjoyable with flying colors. i read about that dude and his shaving mirror probably twenty goddamn times before i finally stopped trying to read this thing.

if you want to give it a try, it's free online:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4300

and i still have a nice-looking copy glowering up at me on my real bookshelf, lest i get feeling masochistic again.