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Originally Posted by Michael Cantor View Post
Allen, I believe you're confusing it with Phillip Roth's The Great American Novel, which featured Gil Gamesh, a Babylonian side-arm pitcher.
Not likely, since my in-progress web comic updating of Gilgamesh features Flipper, the Akkadian pinball ace porpoise, and star of the search for the seaweed of long life. Even so, Roth’s take from the many cuneiform texts is a possibility that some say was very briefly favored by Samual Noah Kramer. (Talk about surname syndrome? He had mezzoname syndrome.) Flipper, by the way, is not naked in my version. Wears a shirt, has a family, and squeaks fluent Quipu.
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