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A collection of essays explores the novelist's critiques of such writers as Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, and Mary McCarthy, and assesses literary genres and related issues.
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In an entertaining and incisive new collection of essays, the acclaimed author of Henry and Clara sheds new light on the the work of Joan Didion, Robert Stone, Tom Wolfe, Nicholson Baker, Don DeLillo, Truman Capote, and other twentieth-century writers and shares his thoughts on such topics as plagiarism, book indexes, author tours, fan mail, historical fiction, and more. 15,000 first printing.
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