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27 Jul 2016 Conversations with Tyler Michael Orthofer on Why Fiction Matters
“When the argument of the great American novel comes up, I always make a plug for The Confidence-Man, which I think is representative.”
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- Michael Orthofer
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- 27 Jul 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…We’re agreeing on all these so far, if you’re curious. [laughs] All right. Yeah, I think people also don’t range far enough with Melville. When the argument of the great American novel comes up, I always make a plug for The Confidence-Man, which I think is representative. It says so much about America that I think that would be my choice for the great American novel, and especially from Melville. Yeah, I think he’s also underrated. Thomas Bernhard?…
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