So I'm going to read The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair

[Gustaf]

Yeah, I agree with Opebo in the sense that an arrogant and sweeping statement is typically a great starting point for a debate (especially if it's ludicrous). I do it all the time.

I'd say that I disagree though. Much of the modern good literature is American, in my opinion. Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon and so on.

Older American literature I don't know as well, since it is so ignored in literature classes here.