JD Biersdorfer in The New York Times:
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment challenges you to identify classic novels from the descriptions in their original — and, well, not wholly positive — reviews in the pages of The New York Times. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links to the books if you’d like to do some further reading.
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“One can say that it is much too long because its material — the cavortings and miseries of an American bomber squadron stationed in late World War II Italy — is repetitive and monotonous. Or one can say that it is too short because none of its many interesting characters and actions is given enough play to become a controlling interest.”
“Gravity’s Rainbow”
“Heart of Darkness”
“Slaughterhouse-Five”
“Catch-22”
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