Never got beyong first para. It is your right as a reader to reject anything that does not appeal - irrespective of 'classics' dreamed up by the critics and publiching industry.
I read The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B when I was ill in bed and bored to tears - I actually found it quite amusing and it cheered me up no end. However, I tried The Ginger Man and couldn't get on with it at all.