Gregory McNamee, the New York Times, and “Shock & Awe Novels”

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Gregory McNamee, the New York Times, and ââ,¬Å"Shock & Awe Novelsââ,¬Â
      

Gregory McNamee, a mainstay at the Britannica Blog, is discussed today in the New York Time's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.  The occasion is the five-year anniversary of the war in Iraq, and the subject is Greg's keen commentary (with Tom Miller) back in 2004 about the lack of novels concerning this war. As Gregory Cowles says in the Times:

Way back in 2004, when the war in Iraq was barely a year old, Tom Miller and Gregory McNamee at Kirkus Reviews wondered why novelists hadnââ,¬â,,¢t yet tackled it as a subject. At that early date the question seemed more than a little tongue in cheek ââ,¬â€ they acknowledged that Stephen Crane didnââ,¬â,,¢t write ââ,¬Å"The Red Badge of Courageââ,¬Â until decades after the Civil War had ended, and their suggested Iraq titles included ââ,¬Å"The Oil Man and the Seaââ,¬Â ââ,¬â€ but now that the warââ,¬â,,¢s five-year anniversary is upon us, itââ,¬â,,¢s starting to feel like they had a point. Whereââ,¬â,,¢s the first wave of Iraq War fiction? By Sept. 11, 2006, after all, there were already enough 9/11 novels to constitute a mini-genre.

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