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by cjarrett 2677 days ago
[Some other random american novels I find excellent/significant]

Crossing to Safety - William Gaddis

Chronic City - Jonathan Lethem

Latro in the Mist - Gene Wolfe

Arcadia (Play) - Tom Stoppard

The Last Picture Show & Texasville - Larry McMurtry [Read both]

The Blithdale Romance - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy

^One of the most interesting novels touching on Southwestern United States. The First chapter regarding the Wolf is one of the most uniquely environmental sections I've seen by prominant American authors. Admittedly, I'm a bit biased in this regard.

A Scanner Darkly - Phillip K Dick

1 comments

Good list. Nit: Crossing to Safety is Wallace Stegner
Whoopsies, apparently Gaddis has been on my mind lately!