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  • I'm skeptical that the novel will be "re­invented." If you start thinking about a medical textbook or something, then, yes, I think that's ripe for reinvention. You can imagine animations of a beating heart. But I think the novel will thrive in its current form. That doesn't mean that there won't be new narrative inventions as well. But I don't think they'll displace the novel.

    "The Customer Is Always Right". Interview with Daniel Lyons, www.washingtonpost.com. December 21, 2009.
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