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Harlot, however, remains the author of the various plots that drive the | Harlot, however, remains the author of the various plots that drive the | ||
novel. In this sense, he is again like Mailer. He is expected to answer the questions that have been left unanswered and provide historical truth. Harlot is the godfather to Hubbard, the god-like figure who would be in a position to tell the truth and rise above the fray of conflicting interests and perspectives, but he is left fundamentally unknowable as a character. | novel. In this sense, he is again like Mailer. He is expected to answer the questions that have been left unanswered and provide historical truth. Harlot is the godfather to Hubbard, the god-like figure who would be in a position to tell the truth and rise above the fray of conflicting interests and perspectives, but he is left fundamentally unknowable as a character. | ||
==IV. The Novelist as the God that Fails and the Novel as Disinformation== | ==IV. The Novelist as the God that Fails and the Novel as Disinformation== | ||