This is a mind-spinning, radical, funny book, one way ahead if its time. Many 20th C experimental writers cite this 18th C book as an influence. It‘s most definitely not for everyone. Sterne largely tosses plot out the window because while Tristram tries to describe his own conception & birth, he gets lost in digressions; but soon we see that making digressions on thinking is the point.This book takes work, but it‘s rewarding & fascinating.