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Hysterical realism describes fiction marked by manic energy, extravagant plots, encyclopedic knowledge, exaggerated characters, and sustained attention to contemporary social systems. This guide traces the term from James Wood’s criticism of Zadie Smith to works by Thomas Pynchon, Salman Rushdie, Don DeLillo, David Foster Wallace, and Giannina Braschi. It argues that United States of Banana...