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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
As a corollary to this discussion, those readers who dismiss this novel mainly do so in relation to use of the 'n' and 'f' word. (To be fair, the novel has some negative comments on length and also typo issues.) I may start a separate thread on this, but I find it disconcerting that some readers of Indie writers feel a 'warning' should be posted about language use. We don't see this in literary novels.
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I think you don't see the "warning" request for literary novels because the audience is different. Generally, the people who read Gaddis are more sophisticated readers who look for other positives and negatives than language.