actually that story is "bartleby the scrivener", not barnaby. although i can understand the association: given the similar-sounding names, and the "not working" theme.
melville wrote about the guy who refuses to do anything at his job, and always says "i prefer not to." (and very little else) a very funny story, in its grim way. a role crispin glover was born to play.
i have a feeling the title is a jerry lewis reference. i may be totally offbase on that--not being into his films, i really have no idea--but one of them was called "hardly working"
actually that story is "bartleby the scrivener", not barnaby. although i can understand the association: given the similar-sounding names, and the "not working" theme.
melville wrote about the guy who refuses to do anything at his job, and always says "i prefer not to." (and very little else) a very funny story, in its grim way. a role crispin glover was born to play.
i have a feeling the title is a jerry lewis reference. i may be totally offbase on that--not being into his films, i really have no idea--but one of them was called "hardly working"