



W.'s rants are very entertaining, for example: continually berates Lars and yet apparently sees within him some vain hope for the future. wander drunkenly about, fulminating on the precipitous downfall of academia, society, the world, and themselves. I think the difference is that I have become far more bitter and cynical about academia, thus more receptive to the type of mockery advanced here. W.'s rants are very I found 'Dogma' funnier than Spurious, despite it being less concerned by Lars' mould-afflicted flat. I found 'Dogma' funnier than Spurious, despite it being less concerned by Lars' mould-afflicted flat. The sequel to the acclaimed novel Spurious, Dogma is the second book in one of the most original literary trilogies since Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable.more Part Nietzsche, part Monty Python, part Huckleberry Finn, Dogma is a novel as ridiculous and profound as religion itself. In desperation, the two British intellectuals turn to Dogma, a semi-religious code that might yet give meaning to their lives. A drunken lecture tour through the American South proves to be another colossal mistake. His friend Lars is no help at all-he’s too busy fighting an infestation of rats in his flat. He has devoted his life to philosophy, but he is about to be cast out from his beloved university. His friend Lars is no help at all-he’s too busy fighting an infestation of rats in his A plague of rats, the end of philosophy, the cosmic chicken, and bars that don’t serve Plymouth Gin-is this the Apocalypse or is it just America? A plague of rats, the end of philosophy, the cosmic chicken, and bars that don’t serve Plymouth Gin-is this the Apocalypse or is it just America? “The apocalypse is imminent,” thinks W.
