Well... Mr. Faulker created here a work of fiction that will stand for all time. For me, the really remarkable portion of this work is the stream of consciousness depiction done from the perspective of Benjy, the man-child. Pulsing with life and swirling with poetry, this portion held me in rapt fascination. Indeed, once we left this perspective, perhaps two-thirds of the way through the book, it was for me a great letdown, and I made my way through the remainder only with effort. However, it's worth the price of admission to revel in this large portion of the work. Faulkner is typically dark in his perspective and savage in his sensibilities, but he is never boring, a brilliant author, all the more so for his achievments from such a sparse and economical line of language.