Who is the world’s greatest living novelist?
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Is there someone whose body of work overall elevates them to No. 1 on your list? Or is there someone who has that one perfect novel and it doesn't matter if the rest is dross?
My daughter would say Shelley Moore Thomas. I don't agree.
We'll be talking more about this on April 9. Our guests are John Freeman, editor of Granta, and Marjorie Kehe, Christian Science Monitor books editor.
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