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The Ogre (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  The Ogre (Penguin Modern Classics) by Michel Tournier
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  "the 20th centurys greatest work of literature? no, really...see for yourself!...& then try "Gemini" & "The Four Wise Men""
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White Noise (Picador Books)
2.  White Noise (Picador Books) by Don DeLillo
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  "his most controlled work, a deeply profound and comic exploration of the human inability to face death. Stunning."
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
3.  A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
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  "both truly hilarious and truly brilliant...Wallace is genius, utterly of and about his (and our) time... and this is a form of autobiography"
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Suttree (Picador Books)
4.  Suttree (Picador Books) by Cormac McCarthy
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  "melancholy has never been so richly, nor so humerously evoked. This is even better than the 'Western'novels...see also the ultra-vivid "Child of God""
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Ghosts
5.  Ghosts by John Banville
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  "magical...from the most under-rated (living) author in the English language..."Mefisto" is equally good & "The Book of Evidence" is a great place to start with Banville"
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Mason & Dixon
6.  Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
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  "a fabulous, big fat celebratory novel. All human (and much other besides) life is here, and almost every sentence is masterfully constructed, using language to its utmost."
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Kennedy Toole
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  "...the funniest novel I've ever read"
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The Emigrants
8.  The Emigrants by W. G. Sebald
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  "about loss and memory, but alive with wit, warmth and endless wonders...see also "The Rings of Saturn"...tragically, Sebald was killed on Dec 14th 2001"
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Laughter in the Dark (Penguin Modern Classics)
9.  Laughter in the Dark (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "dark, comic tragedy...see also "An Invitation to a Beheading""
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The House of Breath
10.  The House of Breath by William Goyen
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  "staggeringly beautiful prose"
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Wildlife (Harvill Panther)
11.  Wildlife (Harvill Panther) by Richard Ford
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  "as taut as a drum-skin...Vastly superior to 'The Sportswriter' etc."
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Life and Times of Michael K
12.  Life and Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee
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  "epic and yet simple, lucid and yet dream-like...Coetzee is a poet...see also "In The Heart of the Country" & "Disgrace""
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The Songlines (Vintage classics)
13.  The Songlines (Vintage classics) by Bruce Chatwin
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  "more pain, more beauty...see also "Utz""
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Wise Blood
14.  Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
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  "follows Faulkner, precedes McCarthy, but carves it's own niche of greatness"
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Winter: Notes from Montana
15.  Winter: Notes from Montana by Rick Bass
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  "a hymn to the church of the wild...see also: "The Sky, The Stars & The Wilderness""
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A Home at the End of the World
16.  A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
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  "deeply moving"
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The Sweet Hereafter
17.  The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
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  "dignity in the face of tragedy and Banks' speciality: the rotten heart of America..oh, and a compulsive page-turner to boot"
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The Crying Of Lot 49
18.  The Crying Of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
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  "back at the birth of pop culture, so much packed into such a small space...and still laugh-out-loud funny"
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Complete Illustrated Works
19.  Complete Illustrated Works by Lewis Carroll
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  "where it all begins..."
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Invisible Cities
20.  Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
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  "rhythm, harmony, elegant simplicity"
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To a God Unknown (Penguin Modern Classics)
21.  To a God Unknown (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
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  "another prayer for the church of the wild...early Steinbeck is all great, but this seems more resonant."
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The Child In Time
22.  The Child In Time by Ian McEwan
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  "on the nature and meaning of childhood..."
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The Unconsoled
23.  The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "a hypnotic & compelling trance"
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The Underground Man (paperback)
24.  The Underground Man (paperback) by Mick Jackson
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  "wonderful writing, loaded with wit and sadness.."
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Purple America
25.  Purple America by Rick Moody
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  "the detonation of the "nuclear family" is hardly the most original ground, but the writing transcends that, and the opening is mesmerizing"
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