Hi everyone! Thanks for the welcome to the list. Helena is quite right: U.C.D. is University College Dublin. The other three American novels in my elective are "Herzog" by Saul Bellows, "As I Lay Dying", by William Faulkner and Annie Proulx's "The Shipping News". The general theme is the dysfunctional male in society. I haven't joined netsoc in U.C.D. Helena because I have full internet access through my Information Studies course. 'Bye for now, Sarah.