Yes, but.<p>He died before all the volumes were in print, and I wonder whether he'd have made cuts. There are stretches in <i>Albertine Disparue</i> that seem to me to cry out for parody, others (in that volume and others) that are just tedious. Still, I'm glad to have read it.<p>For another view: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/31/archives/crawling-up-everest.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/31/archives/crawling-up-ever...</a>