Is The Great Gatsby the Great American Novel?

[alice wellintown]

I can' recall if Ellmann addresses the Nobel, but his is an excellent
biography of Jimmy. Espmark, Feldman, don't give definitive answers to the
Nobel selections.
On Sunday, May 5, 2013, Rev'd Seventy-Six wrote:

> "Joyce never got a Nobel and there's some politics involved."
>
> There always are with these things.  Borges being a perfect example:  the
> committee would take vocal supporters of Stalin, but not an established,
> well-regarded author who vouched for a pseudo-populist despot?
>
> How did Joyce foul his chances?  I don't know this story.
>
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