Hilarious Excerpt from EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED by Jonathan Safran Foer

Found on Bookreporter.com: "I had performed recklessly well in my second year of English at university. This was a very majestic thing I did because my instructor was having shit between his brains. Mother was so proud of me, she said, 'Alexi-stop-spleening-me! You have made me so proud of you.' I inquired her to purchase me leather pants, but she said no. 'Shorts?' 'No.' " Read the rest of the excerpt.