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Originally Posted by WashWest
Lack of quotations marks also seemed to me to make sense in E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime, another all time favorite of mine. Perhaps because it included real life historical characters and Doctorow was putting words in their mouths, the lack of quotes suggests that he wasn't quoting them exactly but just conveying a sense of what might have happened.
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It must have worked for me, because I remember quite enjoying this book, but don't remember missing quotation marks.
I guess it comes back what's been said before: when it works, it's not a problem. It becomes a problem when it draws attention to itself unnecessarily, distracts you from the narrative, or seems to be there merely to proclaim, "look how clever I am."