The eleventh book: #11 Gargantua and Pantagruel
I'm not sure what to say here. The books, describing the life of two giants (mostly Pantagruel, in four of the five books, and his father Gargantua) has several satirical elements, a bunch of fun areas, loads of lists, but also parts that just dragged for me, with monologues that I could never quite get into. It alternated between good parts and bits I couldn't get into. The first book worked best - having to describe Gargantua's life in one book gave it more focus than the later works, which ambled moer. There's a bunch of social satire in there that I'm not sure applies anymore. It's odd, basically, and never quite grabbed me as it should have.