Whether or not it does , I laughed ( and winced ) many times in recognition . Jack 's friend Murray -- who aspires to do with Elvis what Gladney did for Hitler -- is a particularly well - drawn character , with a lovely habit of delivering entire paragraphs of semi - deconstructionist thought as he wanders through the supermarket . Those of you who know and love my junior year of college roommate -- who 's well on her way to becoming a professor these days -- will definitely see a resemblance . Still , I ' m not so far away from those days that I did n't enjoy the romp tremendously .

Question: What may be the romp I so tremendously enjoyed ?
Answer: Thinking of someone walking through a supermarket aimlessly delivering thoughts .The thought of Elvis being thought of in the same vein as Hitler no matter how small .I was having fun thinking about my time in high school when so many fun things happened .I was reading a story written by someone I knew , whose characters were based on people I know .