The New York Times Book section has an obit on the greatest living American author as of yesterday. (Hmm, who has the torch now? I would say Philip Roth, Thomas Pychon or Toni Morrison. )
Posted by Mike Chary at April 12, 2007 8:48 PM
Please let it be the last one. If it's either of the first two, I will have to move to France.
(Yes, the French are less pretentious and self-indulgent than Roth or Pynchon.)
You've never actually read any French novels, have you?
(And Toni Morrisonis so self-indulgent that she makes Philip Roth look like Shel Silverstein. I do think she's sincere, though, and she actually has her Nobel Prize in hand.)
It turns out that Ray Bradbury is still alive, so he's also a strong contender.
(I do believe this is our 10,000th comment.)