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What are the best novels of the 21st century?

>> No.7565316

The Pale King

>> No.7565604

>>7565303

The "Novel" is dead

I'm not joking when I say Poetry is far more alive and flourishing, even if it has maybe 10 readers per 1000 populace, because even though a lot of it is crap, a lot is going on right now. There are at least three great English poets alive right now, and there are no great novelists other than maybe Delillo.

>> No.7565614

>>7565316
this

>>7565604
>implying

>> No.7565618

>>7565316

this and 2666

>> No.7565627

>>7565604

kek. Dude, we're not gonna come to your next slam poetry night. Stop asking. You're stuck trying to get fucked by some drunk black lesbians.

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>>7565618
>>7565316
>both of the best novels of the 21st century are unfinished

>> No.7565633

2666, From Hell, and The Childhood of Jesus.

>> No.7565636

Infinite Jest is essentially a 21st Century novel.

>> No.7565638

>>7565630
Just wait for DeLillo and McCarthy's new releases. We'll have good "21st century" literature before the end of this year.

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>>7565638
>Don "Deathbed" DeLillo
>Cormac "Natural Causes" McCarthy

>implying they won't be 2 more unfinished works

>> No.7565978

>>7565630
Not even in the top 10

>> No.7565997

>>7565638
They stopped being great like 20 years ago.