"When people speak of that generation of novelists, they are usually referring to exactly three people: Norman Mailer (born in 1923), Truman Capote (1924), and Vidal (1925)."
I think of Bellow and Updike a lot sooner than I think of Capote or Vidal. I might even think of Bourjaily and Cheever ahead of them.
"When people speak of that generation of novelists, they are usually referring to exactly three people: Norman Mailer (born in 1923), Truman Capote (1924), and Vidal (1925)."
ReplyDeleteI think of Bellow and Updike a lot sooner than I think of Capote or Vidal. I might even think of Bourjaily and Cheever ahead of them.
Like you, George, Bellow and Updike are who I would think of. Bourjaily is now oddly neglected.
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