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A Listmania! list by Lombardo X "lombardox" (London, UK)
 
More Pricks Than Kicks (Calderbooks)
1.  More Pricks Than Kicks (Calderbooks) by Samuel Beckett
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  "Early Beckett - Try out the gorgonzola and mustard sandwich"
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Whatever
2.  Whatever by Michel Houellebecq
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  "Existential horror catches up with IT professional in France"
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The Catastrophist
3.  The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett
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  "If your girlfriend gives you this as a present run for cover"
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Bel-ami (Classics)
4.  Bel-ami (Classics) by Guy Maupassant
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  "Monsieur Maupassant tells it like it is"
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Reef
5.  Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
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  "Must go to Sri Lanka"
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First Love and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
6.  First Love and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) by Ivan Turgenev
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  "Adolescence and the end of innocence"
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Mefisto
7.  Mefisto by John Banville
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  "Superb. A tale of two halves"
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Heart of Darkness
8.  Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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  "£1.50 well spent"
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
9.  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
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  "A savage journey we should all take from time to time"
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Knulp: Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps
10.  Knulp: Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps by Hermann Hesse
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  "Read this sweet story if you can get your hands on a copy. Maybe there's hope for us all"
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Ask the Dust
11.  Ask the Dust by John Fante
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  "Meet Arturo Bandini part literary genius, part clown"
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A Wild Sheep Chase
12.  A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
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  "Uncannily satisfying"
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
13.  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
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  "This is a fantastic tale spun with impressive skill and strong emotion"
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The Restraint of Beasts
14.  The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills
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  "Never has fence-building been so sinister"
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The Unconsoled
15.  The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "This nightmarish work of brilliance will be the one they are talking about in 100 years time"
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The Music of Chance
16.  The Music of Chance by Paul Auster
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  "Once you've heard this tune you won't easily get it out of your head"
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Murphy (Calder modern classics)
17.  Murphy (Calder modern classics) by Samuel Beckett
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  "Ha ha ha - should be read once a year as an antidote to the excesses of the rat race"
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