Trilogy: Moloy / Malone Dies / The Unnameable - Samuel Beckett

Well, if you made it through Godot, and you're ooking for a challenge, this is it. Beckett wrote these three novels around the same time that he wrote Godot, and you can see a number of similar themes running through them. But if you thought Godot was a headwrecker, just wait till you start in on these. Each book in this trilogy has to be read and reread until you get a feel for all three of them together. As far as I'm concerned, each only works if the others are known as well. But anyway. The thing about these books is that, if you persevere, you begin to see how they work through so many of the themes that Godot could only touch on. When you ...  Read the complete review