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The Town (Faulkner novel) in the course of the trilogy. Owen Robinson has noted the contrast in the narrative style and tone between "The Hamlet" and "The Town". Thomas H Rogers commented critically, in his contemporary review of the novel, in his comparison between the literary merits of "The Hamlet" and "The Town". Peter Swiggart has noted that the events and style in "The Town" reflect Faulkner's attempts to create a more realistic social milieu compared to his other works. The Town (Faulkner novel) The Town is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1957, about the fictional Snopes family of