TY - BOOK AU - McConnell,Frank D. TI - Four postwar American novelists SN - 0226556840 AV - PS379 .M253 PY - 1977/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Barth, John, KW - Mailer, Norman KW - Pynchon, Thomas KW - American fiction KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - United States KW - Influence N1 - Includes index; Introduction: after apocalypse -- 1. Saul Bellow and the terms of our contract -- 2. Norman Mailer and the cutting edge of style -- 3. John Barth and the key to the treasure -- 4. Thomas Pynchon and the abreaction of the lord of night -- Afterword ER -