roman-fleuve

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I’ve a sneaking suspicion that Lee Child’s Reacher novels, with their affectless prose and numbed heroics, may end up being understood as a great, experimental roman-fleuve of our time.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2020

One of the pleasures of any roman-fleuve lies in keeping track of the pasts and permutations of vast numbers of characters.

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