Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
The Heart of Darkness (based on Apocalypse Now) by Joseph Conrad -
I'm sure you're probably aware, but this is the other way around.

I'm reading Pale Fire by Nabokov. It is absolutely hilarious, but it isn't gripping me like Lolita did the first time I read it. Though the very structure of the work is indicative of the fact that it requires multiple readings to get the "big picture".