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US novelist
wrote novels "Welcome to Hard Times" 1961, "Big as Life" 1966, "The Book of Daniel" 1971, "Ragtime" 1975, "Loon Lake" 1980, "Billy Bathgate" 1989
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- "History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth."
- "It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
