Norman Mailer, yes--one of the major novelists in any language in the second half of the 20th century.
Why five examples of Toni Morrison, four of J.C. Oates, three of Updike, and zero of Mailer? Very odd.
I'd go against the grain of the popularity of his first novel and suggest The Deer Park (1955) and The Executioner's Song (1979).
Norman Mailer, yes--one of the major novelists in any language in the second half of the 20th century.
Why five examples of Toni Morrison, four of J.C. Oates, three of Updike, and zero of Mailer? Very odd.
I'd go against the grain of the popularity of his first novel and suggest The Deer Park (1955) and The Executioner's Song (1979).