This is not meant as a put-down of Roth; I think Marquand is great.
P.S. Is this what a Twitter post is like? Basically, I’m too lazy to back up my statement here with evidence. But I think that any of you out there who’ve read both Roth and Marquand will agree upon a moment’s reflection that I’m right.
P.P.S. When I’m talking about Marquand, I exclude the way overrated The Late George Apley. I’m talking about real Marquand books like Point of No Return, Wickford Point, etc.
That would be a very nice Twitter post.
Yes, that's more or less what a Twitter post would consist of.
In short, if you can say it in 140 characters or less, it's a Twitter post.
And Mr. Moto?
I was wondering if anyone would mention Mr. Moto. . . . No, he doesn't count. I gotta say, though, I bet Philip Roth could've whipped up some pretty good Mr. Moto stories if he'd felt like it.
But Philip Roth wrote "The Great American Novel."