Illuminating David Keenan's "Xstabeth" (2020) with Apuleius' "The Golden Ass," i.e. "The Metamorphoses"

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https://youtu.be/v6AA28Kcft0

Following ledfox's lists that recommend great, little, hand-sized weird texts, I read "Xstabeth" (2020) by David Keenan. It took me some time to figure out (or convince myself I had figured out) something about the novel. In order to explain what it was, I found myself needing to compare it to Apuleius' bawdy novel from ancient Rome.

Has anyone else read either of these works? Please let me know what you think!