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Spiffing Literature that will Stagger humanity.
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1. Immortality by Milan Kundera

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	"Kundera is a literary Genius and this is his best in my opinion."

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2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

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	"More excellent bookish ambrosia from Kundera."

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3. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

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	"Won the Booker Prize in 1981 and Booker of Bookers in 1993. The best from Rushdie."

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4. Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Luis Borges

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	"Truly Brilliant. Magic and Mystery. Paradoxes, riddles, conundrums and Philosophical Labyrinths"

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5. Too Loud A Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal

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	"Another brilliant Czech novelist. One of the best books I have ever read and I have read it 3 times so far. An unusual blend of spiritual and philosophical musings with down to earth grittiness."

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6. Life: A User's Manual (Harvill Panther) by Georges Perec

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	"Perec was a genius and like Borges his books are full of interesting puzzles. A great mind and a splendid novelist."

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7. Things: A Story of the Sixties with a Man Asleep by Georges Perec

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	"The things, Perecs first novel, a great satire on the longing for the best that the consumer world has to offer. We have all been there."

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8. Wit by Margaret Edson

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	"How can a play about a woman dying from cancer be so good? Unbelievably brilliant. And the Film version with Emma Thompson is Great. Life, Death. Meaning, Symbols. Complexity and simplicity. Fabulous."

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9. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind

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	"Fabulous book. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is one of the most unusual and interesting character in literature."

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10. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

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	"The masterpiece from Waugh. A truly interesting story and full of symphathetic characters."

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11. A Dance to the Music of Time: vol.1: Spring by Anthony Powell

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	"The first volume of four. Belongs among the best of English Literature. Splendiferous stuff."

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12. Point Counter Point (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Aldous Huxley

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	"Another genius of English Literature. A perfect blend of high intellect and sensuous emotions. A book full of interesting ideas."

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13. Moominland Midwinter (Puffin Books) by Tove Jansson

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	"Tove Janssons Moomin books are not just for kids. I think this is her best, full of magical atmosphere and some truly strange things are going on."

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14. Momo (Puffin Books) by Ende Michael

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	"Ende like Jansson is capable of writing books that are enjoyed both by adults and kids. Momo is a delightfull novel."

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15. The Neverending Story (Puffin Books) by Michael Ende

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	"Michael Endes Masterpiece. A story that works on many levels truly Brilliant."

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16. Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A story by Richard Bach

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	"But the speed was power, and the speed was joy, and the speed was pure beauty. The inspirational classic from R. Bach."

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17. Siddharta by Hermann Hesse

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	"More spiritual inspiration in the form of a novel. This time from Hermann Hesse."

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18. A Christmas Carol (Ladybird Classics) by Charles Dickens

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	"Marley was dead: to begin with. The best from Dickens and the best Christmas story ever written. Bah ! humbug !"

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19. Importance of Being Earnest Sig by Oscar Wilde

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	"Did you hear what I was playing, Lane ? I didn�t think it polite to listen sir. So begins the funniest and most brilliant play ever written."

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20. Educating Rita (Methuen Modern Plays) (Modern Classics) by Willy Russell

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	"Another brilliant play. Full of intellect and Humour."

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21. Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season; the Code of the Woosters; Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

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	"P. G. Wodehouse was a comic Genius and Jeeves and Wooster are his most brilliant creation. To jolly for words."

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22. Imperial Blandings: "Full Moon"; "Pigs Have Wings"; "Service with a Smile": An Omnibus by P. G. Wodehouse

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	"Blandings castle, lord Emsworth and his beloved pig the Empress. Absolutely Spiffing."

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23. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

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	"A fabulous Murder mystery blended with all kind of riddles, cryptic codes, secret societies, anagrams, Art history and religious strangeness. Great fun."

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24. Breakfast Of Champions (Vintage Classics) by Kurt Vonnegut

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	"Unusual and original book, truly great. Vonnegut in top form and his drawings are hillarious."

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25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts by Douglas Adams

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	"Don�t Panic !! Another comic genius. A great blend of humour, science fiction and great ideas."

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Life: A User's Manual (Harvill Panther)

Things: A Story of the Sixties with a Man Asleep

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers)

Point Counter Point (Flamingo Modern Classics)

Siddharta

A Christmas Carol (Ladybird Classics)

Importance of Being Earnest Sig

Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season; the Code of the Woosters; Right Ho, Jeeves

Imperial Blandings: "Full Moon"; "Pigs Have Wings"; "Service with a Smile": An Omnibus

The Da Vinci Code

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