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.