This could be the death of me...

I have heard so many good things and here I am on page 23.....
What a difficult, stressful, slightly enjoyable read.

Go! Go till you stop.

It can be read all the way through, and it is pretty solid on addiction and recovery. It will not prove to be the only novel you ever have to read though.

Robert

Keep at it! IJ is my favorite book-- and I frequently found myself having to stop and say, to anyone who would listen, "This guy's a *genius*!" Said phenomenon had never happened before, though I came very close with Cortazar's Hopscotch.