The definition of "potboiler" is: "a poor quality novel or other creative work that was created quickly to make money to pay for the creator's daily expenses." O'Neill spent the better part of a decade writing Netherland and won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Hardly done quickly or of poor quality.
@Airvault: Technically speaking, I always thought life in Godard’s Alphaville wasn’t that bad. I mean, a dystopian future filled with lots of cute French chicks helping you out can’t be that oppressive?
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Somehow I recall theft of about one percent not working out so well after all. #omarosa
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( Also, to keep her in line, they'll fill her up with Prozac and hit her on the head with a rubber mallet.) #omarosa
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It's like Mark Twain once said: Hello? I'm like not dead,, guys, OK?
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