Immersive Metaphors for Narrative Animals

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Down and Out in Paris and London (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  Down and Out in Paris and London (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "The boy's first work; interesting to read as it preceeded his established political ethos. A good present for anyone you know who works in a Little Chef."
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The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (Vintage Classics)
2.  The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (Vintage Classics) by Yukio Mishima
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  "With an ever so slighly dodgy outlook on life, Mishima did however walk it like he talked it. A skillful book drawn from his big elitest brain."
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Watchmen
3.  Watchmen by Alan Moore
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  "A vital work of art, so perfectly structured that more detail bubbles up each time you read it. A seminal deconstruction of the superhero mentality."
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Ham on Rye
4.  Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
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  "A barren youth recalled by a masterfully economic writer. Honest like an open wound."
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Trigger Happy: The Inner Life of Videogames
5.  Trigger Happy: The Inner Life of Videogames by Steven Poole
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  "For anyone even vaguely interested in video games as an artistic medium, and written without pretense as a bonus."
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The Dog Catcher
6.  The Dog Catcher by Alexei Sayle
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  "Savage shaggy dog stories, all of which concern individuals driven to stupidity by materialism. Many a hoot."
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Voice Of The Fire
7.  Voice Of The Fire by Alan Moore
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  "The man Moore's prose book; a shadowy passage up through dreams and history as he creates his own personal mythology around his hometown. Word magic."
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A Scanner Darkly (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
8.  A Scanner Darkly (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Philip K. Dick
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  "A story about an undercover narcotics cop who is a junkie is his spare time. Matters are further complicated when he is assigned to investigate himself. One of Dick's finest."
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Never Trust a Rabbit
9.  Never Trust a Rabbit by Jeremy Dyson
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  "An overcast community of modern fables, casting young people into an everyday autarchic universive. Shades of HP Lovecraft. But funnier. If only Dyson would get his skates on with the novel!"
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Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter Book 12
10.  Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter Book 12 by Stan Sakai
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  "Japanese mythology told through the winning format of cuddly animals. Simplistic at first glance but actually written with great insight and subtley."
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Shambhala Pocket Classics: The Art of War
11.  Shambhala Pocket Classics: The Art of War by Sun Zi
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  "Always handy to swot up with before a game of Risk. Know your enemy and know yourself."
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The Rebel (Penguin Modern Classics)
12.  The Rebel (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
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  "A sobering read; rebellion as the desire to dominate."
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And the Ass Saw the Angel (Essential Penguin)
13.  And the Ass Saw the Angel (Essential Penguin) by Nick Cave
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  "A religious experience by one of the few people with anything worthwhile to say about love."
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The Naked and the Dead (Flamingo modern classics)
14.  The Naked and the Dead (Flamingo modern classics) by Norman Mailer
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  "An incredible feat considering how young Mailer was at the time. Every page expertly conveys the sensations of modern warfare."
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Against Autonomy: Lyotard, Judgement and Action (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy)
15.  Against Autonomy: Lyotard, Judgement and Action (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy) by Neal Curtis
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  "Written by my old uni lecturer. I haven't actually read it yet as it's far too expensive but I just thought I'd plug it anyway."
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Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death
16.  Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Become a 'spastic in time' with this little classic"
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Touching From a Distance: Ian Curtis and "Joy Division"
17.  Touching From a Distance: Ian Curtis and "Joy Division" by Deborah Curtis
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  "Ian Curtis' widow gives a warm, sincere and very forgiving account of the ordinary young men who created something beyond than the sum of its parts."
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Brighton Rock (Penguin Modern Classics)
18.  Brighton Rock (Penguin Modern Classics) by Graham Greene
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  "Evil personified as a lonely boy gangster in the 1930s Brighton underworld. Inspired; best to read while a teenager."
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Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Trapped Like a Rat in Mr.Bill's Neighbourhood
19.  Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Trapped Like a Rat in Mr.Bill's Neighbourhood by Hunter S. Thompson
The list author says:
  "When not attempting to blow up coach-loads of tourists with a rocket launcher, Thompson descends like Dante into the inferno of US politics. Could very well be all lies but lies which tell the truth."
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The Poems of Wilfred Owen
20.  The Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen
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  "Out across the lifeless plains of mud as hot metal rains down all around him, Owen finds humanity."
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Batman: Year One
21.  Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
The list author says:
  "Both the best Batman and the best Miller I've come across. It's almost Taxi Driver in tights."
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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)
22.  The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by H P Lovecraft
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  "A Godzilla title waiting to happen."
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Non-Stop (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
23.  Non-Stop (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Brian Aldiss
The list author says:
  "Good stuff to read on the train... but is it really a train?"
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Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)
24.  Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Luis Borges
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  "Beyond understanding."
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