What is the most American book?
>>7684158
>>7684158
Art Of The Deal
>>7684158
anything by Jack London
>>7684158
American Pastoral. It even has "American" in its title.
Use to be Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn but it's a whole different country now and that shit is hardly a memory or even relevant anymore.
>>7684158
The Great Gatsby is the dudebro fraternity of literature.
Moby Dick.
Red Badge of Courage
The Scarlet Letter
>>7684158
For my college inquiry class in high school I wrote an eight page essay about how the Catcher in the Rye is the great american novel.
The Bible.
The McDonald's Menu.
>>7684158
>>7684158
The Tunnel by Bill Gass
>>7686738
not american enough
>>7688904
10/10
>>7688845
Kek
Infinite Jest
>>7689637
This or American Psycho
the autobiography of ben franklin
>>7689663
The most American answer.
>>7684364
Extremely good answer, better than all the 19th century lit as it actually portrays america as it is now. The Human Stain isn't as good a book but it does a good job as well. I don't think a great novel of the millennial generation and the recession has been written yet.
>>7689663
>"He was therefore, feasted and invited to all the court parties. At these he sometimes met the old Duchess of Bourbon, who, being a chess player of about his force, they very generally played together. Happening once to put her king into prize, the Doctor took it. 'Ah,' says she, 'we do not take kings so.' 'We do in America,' said the Doctor."
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