Forgive the intrusion, please. I need a word.

[Dave Monroe]

Q: Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine
to all the chicks?

A: Shaft.  Damn right ...

--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> What's the name for a novel that answers all your
> past confusions, uncertainties misconceptions,
guilts 
> about yourself and everybody else, thereby literally
> changing your  life and supplying debating points
for
> every occasion imaginable?
> 
> Answer: Gravity's Rainbow.

But, Cat, are you looking for "Bildungsroman"?  Though
I think Terrance was probably right with "Exemplary
Novel" or somesuch ...

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