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Hamlet influenced The Lincoln Highway
Added by Media Influence Map · 6 October 2026
The evidence
From a list rather than a specific debt. Amor Towles has said the novel draws on the great hero's journeys, Hamlet among them; Billy's compendium of heroes and the brothers' quest to set right their father's legacy echo it.
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