Before revision: In the novel The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss , the main character Kvothe tells a shaggy dog story about a boy who is born with a golden screw in his belly button, the only purpose of which turns out to be to hold the boy's bottom in place.Rolling Stone called The Illuminatus!
After revision: In the novel V. by Thomas Pynchon , the main character Benny Profane recalls a shaggy dog story about a boy who is born with a golden screw in his belly button, the only purpose of which turns out to be to hold the boy's bottom in place.Rolling Stone called The Illuminatus!