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Having read Peregrine Pickle, the novel Smollett wrote after this one, three years ago, I kind of realised that, like with Henderson and Herzog, I'd read these the wrong way around. Smollett made his name with Roderick Random and then went on to perfect his style with Peregrine in much the same way that Bellow did, not that I find Smollett anywhere near as engaging as Bellow.
If you've ever read any picaresque novels, you've read Roderick Random. Interminable japes lead to misunderstandings, whee ...more
If you've ever read any picaresque novels, you've read Roderick Random. Interminable japes lead to misunderstandings, whee ...more
Slogged through it, main character is pretty unappealing. Interesting depiction of life in mid 18th century england.
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