sentences:  Wharton declared "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" as "the great American novel," because the character of Lorelei Lee embodied the avarice, frivolity, and immoderation that characterized 1920s America.Writer James Joyce stated that—even though his eyesight was failing him—he "reclined on a sofa reading "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" for three days" while taking a break from writing "Finnegans Wake".George Santayana, the Spanish-American philosopher and author, facetiously averred that "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was "the best book on philosophy written by an American."