Americana - Favourite US authors

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American Psycho
1.  American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
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  "Brilliantly written, Patrick Bateman appals and fascinates at the same time"
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The Secret History
2.  The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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  "One of the great debuts of recent years, I'm not surprised Ms. Tartt took so long to follow it up."
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American Tabloid
3.  American Tabloid by James Ellroy
The list author says:
  "America's greatest living crime writer - relentless, obsessive, grim, genius.  The first part of a trilogy offering an alternative history of the US from 1960 to Watergate."
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
4.  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
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  "Won the Pultizer Prize for Fiction in 2001 - for once a deserving literary award winner.  A tall tale of the world of comic books in the 1930s."
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Trout Fishing In America
5.  Trout Fishing In America by The Estate of Richard Brautigan
The list author says:
  "America's finest surrealist until his suicide in 1982.  Criminally neglected and quite unlike anyone else you will ever read."
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Skinny Legs and All
6.  Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
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  "Very few people can write laugh-out-loud funny novels.  Robbins manages it every time."
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Hiaasen Omnibus: "Tourist Season", "Double Whammy", "Skin Tight"
7.  Hiaasen Omnibus: "Tourist Season", "Double Whammy", "Skin Tight" by Carl Hiaasen
The list author says:
  "Murder with a message - the rape of Florida's environment protrayed with a deranged twist.  Some of the most original deaths ever put on paper."
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God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
8.  God Bless You, Mr Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Not his best, but my first encounter with the sage of Indiana and alter ego of pulp science fiction writer Kilgore Trout"
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Catch-22
9.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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  "A bit slow to get going, but develops into one of the great satirical novels of all time."
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Bright Lights, Big City
10.  Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
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  "A very succinct explanation of why cocaine is A Bad Thing."
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin)
11.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin) by John Kennedy Toole
The list author says:
  "Ignatius J Reilly is a larger than life character in every sense of the word."
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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: The novel which became 'Blade Runner' (S.F. Masterworks)
12.  Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: The novel which became 'Blade Runner' (S.F. Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick
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  "The source material for Blade Runner"
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Budding Prospects
13.  Budding Prospects by T. Coraghessan Boyle
The list author says:
  "Why this man isn't as successful as John Irving escapes me"
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The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room"
14.  The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room" by Paul Auster
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  "A distinctive deconstruction of the detective novel."
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Girlfriend in a Coma
15.  Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
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  "Most famous for coining Generation X, Coupland just gets better and better"
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On the Road
16.  On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The list author says:
  "The inspiration for a thousand US road trips, probably soundtracked by the bebop jazz album of your choice."
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Naked Lunch (Harperperennial Classics)
17.  Naked Lunch (Harperperennial Classics) by William Burroughs
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  "More beat - Burroughs' masterpiece."
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The Ice Storm
18.  The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
The list author says:
  "The bits of the '70s that aren't included in the revivals - key parties and quaaludes"
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Jim Thompson Omnibus: "Killer Inside Me", "Pop 1280","The Grifters","The Getaway"
19.  Jim Thompson Omnibus: "Killer Inside Me", "Pop 1280","The Grifters","The Getaway" by Jim Thompson
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  "The king of pulp.  This contains the best of his many novels,  The Getaway"
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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum 01)
20.  One for the Money (Stephanie Plum 01) by Janet Evanovich
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  "Grandma Mazur for President!  Very funny stuff."
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A Prayer For Owen Meany
21.  A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
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  "Is he the new Dickens he would like to be?  I don't know and I don't care."
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Out of Sight
22.  Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard
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  "The hardest part of compiling this list was selecting just one  Elmore Leonard."
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books)
23.  The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books) by Tom Wolfe
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  "If Dickens had lived in '80s New York he might have written this."
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Motherless Brooklyn
24.  Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
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  "Lionel Essrog a.k.a. the Human Freakshow is one of the most memorable fictional creations of the last few years."
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The Fermata
25.  The Fermata by Nicholson Baker
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  "Arno Strine does what, let's face it, most men would do if they could stop time."
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