It is a book both well-known and unknown, which is a weird thing to say. It is known by its devotees, of course, and by people who care a lot about 20th-century American literature. But it is not known by the general public — as The Great Gatsby, say, is. Even those who have never read The Great Gatsby know the title. That familiar alliteration, lodged in our national consciousness.
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