Tracking the ever-elusive Great American Novel

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

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> From: jbor at bigpond.com [mailto:jbor at bigpond.com]
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> Not sure that you're really all that competitive with Margaret Attwood 
> in the talent or taste stakes there, Mal.

Eeh, but who is?  
The Handmaid's Tale is hers, isn't it? An example of a book that I think is good, but do not particularly like.  
However, the recent one about the 12 serving maids that Odysseus slew was a lot more to my taste.