Classics question: when does a novel gain this status?
Sitting on this privileged shelf in a bookshop confers a lot of kudos, but close examination leaves you wondering why
At the first bookstore I worked in, The Great Gatsby wasn't a classic. Fitzgerald slugged it out in general fiction, side by side with Faulks and Fleming. Fleming wasn't even in crime and thrillers; no, James Bond languished in fiction too.
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