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Best American novel of the 1950's? Because I had neglected that period I thought I'd read up on it over quarantine and have been pleasantly surprised at just how strong the novel was in the U. S. over that decade, monumentally influential (after Burroughs, reading Pynchon's an entirely different experience, e.g.) even prophetic. To me the best can be limited to 5: Lolita, Wise Blood, Naked Lunch, Invisible Man, Dharma Bums..
John Cheever I think is the undisputed master of the short story this decade..
So..
Which is best and why?
Also,
is /lit/ a factualist or a liquefactionist board?

>> No.15612661

>oh no not the 5-cent notebook theft!
She obviously wanted to get dicked and threw him under the bus to avoid responsibility.

>> No.15612668

>>15612661
She was eleven, anon

>> No.15613025

>>15612646
The correct answer is Naked Lunch
/lit/ liquefactionist
/pol/ factualist
simple as

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15613100

It's on my to-read list still so I can't explain why but it definitely would be a popular choice and since you didn't mention it I figured I'd post it...

>> No.15613281

>>15613100
Op here
Damn, haven't read it either
Know it's a tome but will order it now

>> No.15613293

>>15613281
You might want to wait till October. It's currently out of print and very expensive. NYRB is reprinting it this year.

>> No.15613424

>>15612668
>>15612661
Also this is what happens when you beat and punish your kids, especially over little shit. It's the same shit that had hoards of kids killed by Gacy.
"Don't be so lazy, go help the clown in his house or so help me you'll feel the back of my hand"

>> No.15614026

>>15612646
The farther away /we/ get from this time the weirder it becomes..

>> No.15614033

>>15613025
Second

>> No.15614075

>>15612661
There really is nobody more repugnant than people who blame children. You remember being one don't you? How the fuck can you blame them over the adult who is actually aware of what they are doing?

>> No.15614165

>>15612646
Pic's of Sally Horner, on whom Lolita was based.

>> No.15614460

>>15614165
*Florence Sally Horner
She's also the model for Flora/Laura, not just Lo/Dolly/Dolores

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15615260

>>15614460
LaSalle LaSalle

>> No.15615317

>>15613293
Good to know, thanks anon

>> No.15615349

>>15612646
I thought that pic was butterfly for a second.

>> No.15616216

>>15612668
yeah, i'm sure her family was totally fine with their reputation being in absolute tatters and her being unmarriable

>> No.15616228

>>15613293
pretty sure there's a recent dalkey archive edition

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15616249

>>15612646
the greatest science fiction writer started off in the 50s as well

>> No.15616414

>>15616228
It's $65 used on abe

>> No.15616443

were the beats the first kind of counterculture to pop up in 20th century america?

>> No.15616713

>>15616443
no, there's always something going on. america produces visionary wackos like few other nations owing to our puritan roots

>> No.15617289

>>15613293
Probably used copies are in very good condition, however, because few people actually read it.

>> No.15618402

>>15616216
She got hit by a car (died) a few years later so of little consequence, ultimately. But Lolita wasn't unmarriageable, nor would Horner have been very in the good ol' U. S. A. had she kept her looks, say. This is the land of P. T. Barnum after all.
>I miss my country, bros. The internet done hauled it away!

>> No.15618551

>>15615349
A quick call string of shadowy implications led to my feeling both a little sorry, and a little sad.

>> No.15618628

>>15616443
Flappers and Boozers, that lot in the '20's

>> No.15618977

>>15616249
Have only read Androids and Flow my Tears- what should I order?

>> No.15619726

>>15612646
With the Gnosticisms, Catholicisms, and Islam inc.'s liquefactionist definitely

>> No.15620823

>>15612646
All good novels but Naked Lunch is by far the most important.

>> No.15620863

>>15612661

>11 year old obviously wanted to get dicked
Right