Five Literary Fiascos by Great American Writers

From time to time a successful author decides he should take a chance, go for broke, write a revolutionary book. Whereupon said writer promptly lays an egg. Here are five literary fiascos, all by Americans: Cases of good writers gone shockingly bad. 1. Pierre, or The Ambiguities, by Herman Melville...

By Christian Pelusi | June 19, 2008; 6:24 AM ET | Comments (0)