i read Things Fall Apart twice in high school and Haroun & the Sea of Stories once. i don't think i understood either at the time (not that i understood them then) but i remember finding the end of Things Fall Apart tragic and painful to read, both times.

one thing i always found strange about that one was that reading The Secong Coming didn't help illuminate much about the book. perhaps i should go back and reread it and the poem and see if anything makes more sense the third time.

i think Haroun may be one of the best and most underrated books ever written. that's just me, though.