I've never managed to read Faulkner, but I did laugh aloud reading this.

When Oprah decided to read Faulkner with her book club last summer ("because no American can claim to be well-read without reading Faulkner" cause that makes a fuck-load of sense, Oprah), several of his books became instant best-sellers when they had been slated to be out of print. My rational side says this is good - people reading and all that. My overwhelmingly superior academic side still hates Oprah.