Fifth, sixth, and seventh books are none of them page turners, so they are all in an indeterminate race, although this silly nonsense is a likely winner: The Museum of Eterna’s Novel (The First Good Novel)

by Macedonio Fernández ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6554891)

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the current paperback cover, a three color bullseye offset over a white field
Figure 1. the current paperback cover, a three color bullseye offset over a white field.
parenthetical quote: The French demolish a deified painter every twenty years, a deified poet every fifteen, and a deified novelist every ten; at a hundred and fifty years it's high time Kant were thrown into doubt. This isn't daring, it would be more daring to call him a metaphysician. With these antecedents I anticipate future arguments for the demolition of my Art.
Figure 2. parenthetical quote: The French demolish a deified painter every twenty years, a deified poet every fifteen, and a deified novelist every ten; at a hundred and fifty years it's high time Kant were thrown into doubt. This isn't daring, it would be more daring to call him a metaphysician. With these antecedents I anticipate future arguments for the demolition of my Art..
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