Which American novelist born in 1936 was compared to the author or Propinquity?
Propinquity (novel):  Its author was compared by critics with PG Wodehouse, Don DeLillo, Julian Barnes, Umberto Eco, and Australian Nobellist Patrick White. Don DeLillo: Donald Richard "Don" DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, playwright and essayist.
Don DeLillo