November 1999 Issue [Reviews] Exile on Main Street Adjust Share A Russian writer tries his hand at the Great American Novel by Jonathan Dee, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Authors, Russian Book reviews Fiction United States Vasiliæi Pavlovich Aksenov More from Jonathan Dee The Secret History Hernan Diaz dismantles the American dream Walk Away Helen DeWitt’s uncompromising fictions The Lives of Others Does the social novel have a future? Adjust Share