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Joseph McElroy’s ‘Cannonball’ Is the Meta Iraq War Novel
Better Than Pynchon?
Move over, Pynchon—the 83-year-old Joseph McElroy is as inventive as ever, and this time he takes on the Iraq War. By Tom LeClair.
Tom LeClair
Published
Jul. 25 2013
4:45AM EDT
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Tom LeClair
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