'The Idiot' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

For me, the first time to read from this author, who I admit I'd not heard of before now.  For readers of great literature, I now realise what an impossible thing - almost a sin - that must seem, to have never heard of Dostoevsky, and at my age.  Like a kid never having heard of McDonalds.
I'm in a bit of a reading frenzy this year - it's my third book - and by my standards, that's definitely a frenzy.
Anyway, if you haven't yet, this story of Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is a recommended read, and I'm only around a quarter of the way in.