Norman Rush’s novel set in Botswana is Big and Sprawling. Got great reviews, too. Its “importance” gives it an edge.
This exhaustive look at the famous literary family by a noted critic, R.W.B. Lewis, makes it hard to beat.
Searing and literary Holocaust novel by Louis Begley is a sentimental choice but don’t bet the farm.
The political awakening of a small black town in Georgia told in Capra-esque style. A long shot.
