But Finnegans Wake isnt difficult like Pynchon or Gaddis, who have tons of characters and complex plot devices and rich narrative. It is syntactically erratic a

But Finnegans Wake isnt difficult like Pynchon or Gaddis, who have tons of characters and complex plot devices and rich narrative. It is syntactically erratic and full of "puns" and "wordplay" whose existence the reader is forever aware of but cannot understand without countless hours more poured into the supporting literature. It is not an awful experience but you do not get out what you put in, unlike other difficult authors.