Even disregarding the time, it would be quite a feat for a novel such as Stoner to take the world by storm the way that it suddenly seemed to be everywhere in 2013. Pepper and which promptly went out of print a year later. Pretty heady stuff for a novel published before even the Beatles had heard of Sgt. The headline of this review was “The Greatest American Novel You’ve Never Heard Of. (Not the John Williams who is nominated for an Oscar for composing movie scores every year). Mere weeks earlier, the New Yorker also ran a review of the same novel, Stoner, by John Williams. In December 2013, the Guardian ran a review by Julian Barnes on his favorite novel of the year with the headline " Stoner: The Must-Read Novel of 2013." What was most interesting about this assertion is that the book which Barnes was reviewing was published in 1964. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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