The sun is a joke. Author: Nathanael West Copy Quote More from Nathanael West “His mouth formed an O with lips torn angry in laying duck's eggs from a chicken…” “At college, and perhaps for a year afterwards, they had believed in literature,…” “Let him ride a horse. He's a cowboy ain't he?” “He Sat in the window thinking. Man has a tropism for order. Keys in one pocket,…”