The first line of Philip Roth’s The Great American Novel is “Call me Smitty.”
Through his narrator, Word Smith, Roth not only spoofs Melville, but Hawthorne, Twain, Hemingway, and all other writers who pursued the Great American Novel.
What is the first line of Philip Roth’s The Great American Novel (1973)?
by Pamela Landy · Filed Under: Literature
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