An elegy for the great American novel

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Poor old Mark Twain...

Laura

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>I thought Philip Roth wrote The Great American Novel.
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>From: "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
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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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