Modern American Fiction

Critics have claimed that Modern American Fiction is dead, but a thorough perusal of this section will dispel all doubts. Modern American Fiction is an exponentially growing, diverse, and avant-garde corpus of work that speaks voluminously to the events and ideas that currently affect our lives. From Cormac McCarthy to David Foster Wallace, the best-of-the-best of Modern American Fiction are represented, dissected, and explored here!

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Latest articles in Modern American Fiction

Book Review: People Who Knock on the Door by Patricia Highsmith

A simply written narrative is a blisteringly barbed attack on hypocrisy and self-righteousness.

May 20, 2012 – Keith Lawrence

P. K. Dick's Humpty Dumpty in Oakland: Race and Class in 1959

Phillip K. Dick draws a picture of a mixed race neighborhood in Oakland in 1959 with a pencil grimy from the floor of Jim's one man auto garage.

May 5, 2012 – Gina Barrett Putt

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

This autobiographical evocation of combat in Vietnam April 1969 imparts the poorly supported day to day survival of a Marine Company against an NVA Regiment

May 1, 2012 – Michael Manning

John Dies at the End: Book Review

David Wong's first novel is a stunning horror and comedy combination.

Apr 26, 2012 – Kirstin Doggart

Review of Dean Koontz's Novel Seize the Night

Dean Koontz's novel Seize the Night offers a fast, suspense-filled read about a man who learns more about his parents while trying to rescue a friend.

Apr 25, 2012 – Bonnie Way

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