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The Great American Novel

The Great American Novel is the old idea of one book that would catch the whole of the United States — its promise, its violence, its many voices. The phrase is from John William De Forest in 1868, and critics have argued ever since about which book, if any, comes closest. These are novels the Wikipedia article on the idea discusses as candidates, from The Last of the Mohicans to Underworld.

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