Talk:Robert James Waller
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I attended UNI shortly after Waller left (1994-1995). As I recall, there was some enmity for him among the faculty and students in the English department. Some of it may have been jealousy, but there was also the perception that he wrote the novel to "cash in," rather than to produce a work of literary merit.
--Archola
- "Best selling novel in history"? More than a little unconvincing. Merchbow 14:57, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Not that it is proof, but this same statement is made on at least 2 other Wikipedia pages (1992 in literature and the book's article itself), and seems to be backed up by a general Internet search.
I agree that this is probably far from being the best selling novel in history. The link referenced is Robert James Waller's website and claims 12 million sold worldwide. Wikipedia's own page [1] lists several novels that have sold more than 50 million copies. --NeilCoughlin
On no best selling list that I found when doing random internet searches does this book or the author appear. This includes Wikipedia's own list of best selling books. I also work at a used bookstore and even if it might have been best selling, we get about a dozen a week in for trade. Guess people got tired of it?168.103.102.135 23:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
