This was one of the assigned readings for a class on Nonlinear Fiction that I took back in 1995. It's a early novel, so Sterne is experimenting in a form that's not quite fully established. Instead of a straightforward narrative, the author keeps interrupting himself to careen off on diversions.

I've been strolling through this book for years, reading a book or two at a time. It's lots of fun (it's divided into 9 books).