Moby Dick

And as long as I'm shouting into yesterday's room, after having read more comments...

1967: Assigned Moby Dick as summer reading (summer reading? new idea to me!) before starting new hoidy toidy prep high school in new town -- miserable time in my life. Not only didn't finish it, the first chapter induced narcosis that lasted through college with the first chapter. So I really appreciated this.

1980s: With some effort, read Moby Dick over several weeks. Good story. Appreciated the writing.

Winter, early 2000s: Re-read Moby Dick, couldn't put it down. Kept waking the wife up late at night with my guffawing.

Must be an acquired taste.