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Lucy Wainwright Roche September 2000 Contemporary American Fiction In Cold Blood Beloved These days when a reader settles in to read a book, it is hard to know what to expect. In the past, there may have been a more rigid idea about what makes a novel or a story, now, there are many ways in which a modern writer can choose to portray a happening or a feeling. This development in fiction writing creates an …showed first 75 words of 1204 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1204 total…American Fiction has taken the idea of the twist ending and uses it throughout the story and the reading process. There is always a “what if”, always a “so what”. Although it may have always been true, with this kind of fiction, it is easier to see that there is something to be gained from any reading experience. Be it plot related, structural or self reflective, a reader always has something to walk away with.