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I got to finish reading "Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth" while my students tested. It reminded me a lot of Pynchon's "V." in that I didnt realize until partway through that there were multiple generations being represented by seemingly identical characters. The print in JCTSKOE is very very small, so there were many sidenotes that I skimmed over. I felt like I needed bifocals when I was reading it and also trying to keep an eye on my students.