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What is the best McElroy novel?

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where are the by author chartsw?

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I dont make these, I just have the charts.

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I followed the /lit/ flowchart and started with the "Night Soul" short story collection. I liked some better than others, but all of them were the type that I struggled to get through but then they would pop up in my subconscious a few days later. I hear Smuggler's Bible, his first book, is a bit more "normal" since he hadn't quite found that obscure aesthetic yet, but that may not be what you're looking for. I have yet to read his other works, so I'd say start with the short stories - at least you won't sink a huge time investment into them if you don't like them, and can move on to Lookout Cartidge, Cannonball, etc. from there.

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I absolutely love Sinclair Lewis and Saul Bellow, but some here might find their prose dated. Robert Penn Warren is great too, but similarly dated.

If you want modern weird writers, try The Sisters Brother by Patrick DeWitt or anything by Kenzaburo Oe or Will Self. Honestly the main reason I subscribe to Granta is to get the best authors currently writing. People here shit on it, but its had almost every single relevant fiction writer today featured in it at some point.

I also love Joseph McElroy, but I think he has been memed here. Attached is the chart I made a few months ago.

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