Several years ago, I embarked on what I hoped would be a six month project–reading Laurence Sterne’s wonderful 18th century novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.  One of the first novels written in English, Tristram Shandy is a great shambling mound of a mess.  Sterne’s stated intent is to tell the entire life and all of the views held by one man, … Continue reading Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne