The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

First published in nine volumes, in the period of seven years, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a humorous novel by Laurence Sterne an probably his most enduring work. It purports to be a biography of the eponymous character using a style of digression and amplification. Regarded as one of the books you must read before you die, and an important piece of literature.