Wave on rock. Sloop Reef, Bay of Fires, Tasmania. July 2021. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Wow. Wow, but not in a good way. That was underwhelming. I generally have no real problem with an author employing an internal stream of conscious narrative or multiple viewpoints, but I found this one so unbearably dull . I think that this confirms that I am more a Steinbeck kind of guy when it comes to an understanding of the failures of American society. ⭐ 1/2