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insufficient material for a separate article DGG ( talk ) 09:47, 2 January 2016 (UTC) reply

The article being a stub does not mean it should be merged; there are numerous reviews for the book, and several interviews with Beatty about the novel and his motivations for writing it. I will continue to expand the article as time goes on.-- MainlyTwelve ( talk) 17:16, 2 January 2016 (UTC) reply