Slaughterhouse-Five on Valley of the Dolls: “They had only one actual book in English which would be placed in a Tralfamadorian museum. It was Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann.”
Breakfast of Champions on Ivanhoe: “Patty Keene flunked English during the semester when she had to read and appreciate Ivanhoe, which was about men in iron suits and the women who loved them.”
Breakfast of Champions on The Good Earth: “And she was put in a remedial reading class, where they made her read The Good Earth, which was about Chinamen.”