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A safe answer for someone who hasn’t read anything not assigned to him in grade school. Some better choices: - Bonfire of the Vanities - Fight Club - Catch-22 Some would add The Road, but Blood Meridian would better fit the definition for great American novel.https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1126185463226687488 …
A great American novel captures the zeitgeist of an age, so the definition is broad. But man people picking the same 5 novels (high school reading list) shows there needs to be an updated curriculum.
The Average American Male is an honorary mention, it’s not great American novel but it’s almost there. It captures the banality and despair of a generation of 20-something men. Fight Club without the fighting.https://www.amazon.com/Average-American-Male-Novel/dp/0061231673 …
It’s interesting that Post Office never makes the great American novel lists. No book captures the rage of a working stiff in a job he hates
An American 20th century cannon: 1. The Great Gatsby; 2. American Tabloid; 3. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas; 4. Electric Cool-Aid Test; 5. Invisible Man
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance... No doubt
@irena_fridman that’s what im saying!!!
The Virginian, by Owen Wister, though assigned in college, was a great read and it captured an era pretty well
You guys need to get out more...
The Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson.
Some pretty fine 'crystal ballin' by a kid!(at the time)!
Cyberspace is dead! Long live #Cyberspace!
I might add The Sound and The Fury to the top 5 list.
The amount of times I had to read Romeo and Juliet, the Crucible, and Huck Finn during high school was infuriating.
Gatsby Gatsby Gatsby
There is a reason those novels are assigned. They have themes that are timeless and universal. I chose American Psycho, which does capture the zeitgeist of an age, but will it stand the test of time? Will it still be relevant to people Fifty years from now?
I enjoyed Grossman’s The Magicians. A young guy - with literally the world at his fingertips - faced with the seemingly impossible modern day task of finding any sense of meaning, is left pursuing a path of self-destruction.
I became an avid reader late in life. Wasn’t until my oldest son bought me a Kindle for Fathers Day 9 years ago. I read over 50 books a year. I’m eclectic person and so is my reading choices. The Kindle is an effective tool for my choices.
Astute observation. And, no doubt, true.
How about “ The Jungle” ???
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