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A Listmania! list by John Ault (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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The Drowned World (S.F. Masterworks)
1.  The Drowned World (S.F. Masterworks) by J.G. Ballard
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  "Chilling and believable - science fiction and study of a route into the human past"
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Herzog (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  Herzog (Penguin Modern Classics) by Saul Bellow
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  "A great book about memory, regret and writing"
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An Ice-cream War
3.  An Ice-cream War by William Boyd
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  "Very funny, shows war as messy and pointless"
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And the Ass Saw the Angel (Essential Penguin)
4.  And the Ass Saw the Angel (Essential Penguin) by Nick Cave
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  "Dark but compelling"
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The Naked and the Dead (Flamingo modern classics)
5.  The Naked and the Dead (Flamingo modern classics) by Norman Mailer
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  "Simply, the source for all subsequent war films - gripping"
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Harlot's Ghost
6.  Harlot's Ghost by Norman Mailer
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  "The secret American state takes on Cuba, and then who gets it?"
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The Sacred And Profane Love Machine
7.  The Sacred And Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch
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  "All Iris Murdoch novels are worth reading (I have) - this is the best title"
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My Idea of Fun
8.  My Idea of Fun by Will Self
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  "Where does Will Self get all this stuff from?"
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Great Apes
9.  Great Apes by Will Self
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  "Perhaps Will Selfs most conventional book, funny and thought provoking"
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Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age)
10.  Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age) by Gore Vidal
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  "History, drama, humour, politics, miltary tactics, its all here and more"
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The Sirens Of Titan (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
11.  The Sirens Of Titan (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "A great and uplifting book about the futility of everything"
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Cat's Cradle (Essential Penguin)
12.  Cat's Cradle (Essential Penguin) by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Wacky science , a mad funny religion and an end to us all"
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Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death
13.  Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Totally gripping - its a mad world, even for us who live in it all the time"
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Breakfast Of Champions (Vintage Classics)
14.  Breakfast Of Champions (Vintage Classics) by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Funniest book in the world"
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A Handful of Dust (Penguin Modern Classics)
15.  A Handful of Dust (Penguin Modern Classics) by Evelyn Waugh
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  "A book about sad and lost rich folk - a great tonic"
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The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men at Arms, Officers and
16.  The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men at Arms, Officers and by Evelyn Waugh
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  "This is a long and slow paced book with much to say about life, loss and war.  Funny, too.  A rare Waugh happy ending."
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