Play the literary World Cup: nominate your all-time top team

Which authors would form your literary XI? Penguin have created a literary World Cup and we're joining the fun. Nominate the writers you would pick, and explain which positions you would place them in. We will unveil the Guardian readers' definitive team soonEverything is about football these days, so we're all trying to get a look-in - whether in fashion, music, film, food or (yes,really!) beards . Even things that have nothing to do with the beautiful game are "a thing" because of it. In the books world, publishers Penguin have capitalised on the fact that according to a survey 37% of people who aren't interested in the World Cup turn to books to escape. They've cheekily launched their very own Penguin Cup: 16 teams, all formed by each country's all-time literary stars.JD Salinger fails to turn up to training #penguincupnewsTolstoy: Only 90 minutes ? Cant we make it ten hours? #penguincupnews@PenguinUKBooks McEwan does not save ball. Writes book that makes up for not saving ball by saying he did, in fact, save it #penguincupnewsDavid Foster Wallace turns up to training in tennis whites, as if it's some sort of joke #penguincupnewsI'm supporting Brazil in the Penguin Cup. More here: http://t.co/PmjrQDO4K5 pic.twitter.com/kPn3nuRfdg#leftwinger RT @paulmartinovic: Have you noticed you made the Nigerian Penguin Cup team? http://t.co/cdPGh734Zj pic.twitter.com/orEZf6HOXr Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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