An elegy for the great American novel

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Mea culpa. How could I forget the first Great American Writer, who is still 
one of the ten Greatest American Writers? However, I believe that Roth wrote 
a book titled The Great American Novel.

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> Poor old Mark Twain...
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> 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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