[bloodmeridian]

I've read all of the above and agree they are each indeed fabulous, Dos Passos' USA among my favorites. I suggest, however, that some of Hemingway's writings, though on the surface appearing pedestrian, are so stylistically superior they almost mock everything else in comparison (F.Scott Fitzgerald and Faulkner not withstanding). I speak specifically of "The Killers," one of the most brilliant pieces ever written.

[justshutupandtakeit]

I haven't read The Killers (next time I want to read a novel maybe it will be that one) but the only H. I cared much for was The Old Man and the Sea. Stylistically you are correct but I prefer more variety and flourish at times than H. provides.

Fitzgerald is not one of my favorites despite the fact that his prose was very brilliant and varied.

Faulkner towers above them all.