Patrick O'Donnell is Professor Emeritus of English at Michigan State University. He is the author and editor of many books, including A Temporary Future: The Fiction of David Mitchell and (coedited with David W. Madden and Justus Nieland) The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Fiction.
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