An elegy for the great American novel

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I thought Philip Roth wrote The Great American Novel.


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> An elegy for the great American novel
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> If any writer believed in the existence of the Great American Novel it
> was Norman Mailer. He believed in it utterly, called it the "big one"
> and dreamed of bagging it – like a hunter in search of game. Now, he
> and many of his fellow hunters are gone. Can anyone take their place?
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> By John Walsh
> Published: 14 November 2007 ...
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> http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/features/article3158029.ece
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