While some scholars believe his edits were typical for the genre and his time , others consider McWhorter to be a second author of the novel , though McWhorter himself denied this .
Controversy exists over the level of influence McWhorter had over the novel .
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Controversy exists over the level of influence McWhorter had over the novel .