Well, that was excellent. I just finished Moby Dick and wanted to read more Melville. This is only short so I have read it through twice. First time I didn’t know whether to giggle about the absurdity or feel guilty about giggling and feel sad and traumatised. Is Bartley comic, depressed, a hero to transcendentality, commenting on capitalism, rescued by capitalism? The more you think the more there is to this wonderful story beautifully told.
I want to read more of Melville. My experiences so far have made him my favourite author.. I could move on to other authors, there are so many….but at the moment I prefer not to