Then came two novels, the second of which was also translated into French.

And for the most part, of course, novels do come to grief somewhere.

Now comes his third novel, the chanciest one of all.

But the novel comes in more dedicated spurts than the book did.

The novel came to be well known for its unusual route to mainstream publishing.

The present novel came to him about six years ago.

Johns overreaches a bit as the novel comes to a close.

The first 4 novels and 26 short stories came hard.

Except that novel hadn't come out of any trunk.

I don't know if any book about writing can tell us where novels come from - or how they take shape in a writer's mind.