great American novel

[Mr Haney]

> From: page at quesnelbc.com> > 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.> > I read that, back when it came out...back before Roth acquiredTragicVision...it was enjoyable (not that his later and more tragical works aren't -- they certainly are) --- good old "Word Smith" and "Gil Gamesh" and the Patriot League:"what I love best's triples" Never read _The Breast_ though...I was in too much doubt as to whether themetaphor could be sustained, and (mea culpa) hadn't acquired a taste for Kafka,as I very slowly am doing these last few years...(assuming that _The Breast_owes a lot to Kafka, though that might be wrong, since I never read it) -- midway through Barth's _The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor_ I have gota wild hair & started Michael Moorcock's _Mother London_ --- sort of a nested reading,in a way a tribute to Barth...rapidly finishing ML which rocks, then will recurse to TLVoStS,which also rocks (Barth is awesome)then, will be digging deeper into AtD ---  as a last gasp attempt to be on-topic for both thread and group,I'd include GR in a minyan of Great American Novels...    

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