Title: City of words: American fiction, 1950-1970.
Authors: Tanner, Tony.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Year: 1971
Subjects: Mailer, Norman Criticism and interpretation.; Barthelme, Donald Criticism and interpretation.; Conroy, Frank,; Sontag, Susan,; Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, Criticism and interpretation.; Gaddis, William,; Borges, Jorge Luis,; Pynchon, Thomas Criticism and interpretation.; Brautigan, Richard.; Plath, Sylvia; Percy, Walker,; Updike, John Criticism and interpretation.; Barth, John Criticism and interpretation.; Hawkes, John, Criticism and interpretation.; Kesey, Ken Criticism and interpretation.; Purdy, James Criticism and interpretation.; Burroughs, William S., Criticism and interpretation.; Ellison, Ralph Criticism and interpretation.; Heller, Joseph Criticism and interpretation.; Gass, William H.,; Malamud, Bernard Criticism and interpretation.; Roth, Philip Criticism and interpretation.; Vonnegut, Kurt Criticism and interpretation.; Conroy, Frank,; Sontag, Susan,; Gaddis, William,; Percy, Walker,; Hawkes, John, Criticism and interpretation.; Burroughs, William S., Criticism and interpretation.; American fiction History and criticism
Abstract: Offers a penetrating critical commentary on the works of twenty-five contemporary novelists including Barth, Mailer, Bellow, Heller, Updike and Malamud.