Tracking the ever-elusive Great American Novel

[David Casseres]

I haven't read Beloved yet either, but I'm very fond of "A Confederacy
of Dunces."  Be that as it may, seeing that list includes Mark Helprin
and excludes Pynchon, I piss on it.

On 5/19/06, Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wow.  I've not read the "winner" yet, *Beloved* by Toni Morrison, but the
> NYT review linked from this list makes it sound gret.  I intend to read it
> soon.
>
> Amazing, though, that GR didn't even make the list, but Confederacy of
> Dunces did.  That speaks volumes about the reading appetite of the critics
> who were enlisted to vote.  I'll bet many "critics" haven't even read GR.
>
> Ghetta
>
> >From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> >
> >Mea culpa, mea culpa ...
> >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/ref/books/fiction-25-years.html
> >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/books/review/scott-essay.html
> >
> >Sorry, didn't realize I hadn't included those ...
> >
> >--- David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have a link to that list?
> >
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