> Ulysses is the greatest book ever written in the
> English language.
The greatest that could be written at that precise moment of history, maybe. History has moved on, though.
Some of my favorites: Chinua Achebe, "Things Fall Apart", 1959; William S. Burroughs, "Nova Express", 1964; William Gibson, "Neuromancer", 1984; Toni Morrison, "Beloved", 1988.
-- DRR (litgeek)