Stone et al

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Agreed on the earlier Stone: Hall of Mirrors and Dog Soldiers.  Everything 
else, although enjoyable, is a falling off.  Outerbridge Reach is a love letter 
to Melville, with no gravitas.  Bay of Souls fizzles.  Children of Light a 
garish entertainment, spooky to be sure, but slim.  Still, all these books 
together, good and bad, place Stone very high up in the pantheon.  A question: what 
was the last "great" book by a member of the American postmodern gang (those 
born, say, post-1925, but not after 1940)?  How far back do we have to go?  A 
quarter century, at least.  I am thinking of Gravity's Rainbow and JR.  Other 
suggestions?
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