From Iliad to Catcher in the Rye -- Round of Classics

At first glance, you're sure to see that the book is a parody of all that we hold dear in literature. On the cover, Garrison Keillor says: "Funny and well-done... America wants comedy that is both gentle and weird, and these are qualities Mr. Nagan possesses."

But, then, just looking at the book, you can guess the book will be unforgettably funny. Just thumbing through the pages, you'll notice how much Nagan has been able to stuff into the small volume: a 5-minute history to start us off, then Homer's "Iliad," Dante's "Divine Comedy," Milton's "Paradise Lost," Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," Dicken's "Christmas Carol," Melville's "Moby-Dick," Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment," Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray," Stoker's "Dracula," Kafka's "Metamorphosis," Joyce's "Ulysses," Orwell's "1984," Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye," Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea," and rounding the classics up with Kerouac's "On the Road." Read the complete review.