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Zadie Smith's "Two Paths for the Novel" and the Oncoming 2666 Deluge

Nov 7, 2008, 4:08pm

Joseph O'Neill's Netherland was probably the best reviewed book of 2008 (pending its imminent dethroning by Roberto Bolaño's 2666); many of its reviews cited the book as a sort of post post-9/11 nov... Continue reading "Zadie Smith's "Two Paths for the Novel" and the Oncoming 2666 Deluge" >

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