No accident, comrade [electronic resource] : chance and design in Cold War American narratives / Steven Belletto. Belletto, Steven. American fiction 20th century History and criticism. Cold War in literature. Chance in literature. Political fiction, American History and criticism. PS374.C57 B45 2012 813.54 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Drawing on novels by Nabokov, Wright, Powers, DeLillo, Didion and others, 'No Accident, Comrade' examines the shaping influence of the Cold War's obsession with chance on post-World War II fictional form. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. c2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource (viii, 206 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199826889.001.0001 eng