My Top 10 Books of the Last Six Months

A Listmania! list by Huw Owen Nesbitt (Chilton Village, South Oxfordshire)
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Murphy (Calder modern classics)
1.  Murphy (Calder modern classics) by Samuel Beckett
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  "Probably the best place to start with Beckett. Still very Joycean, but shows the promise of Beckett's own thought and style."
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Crash (Vintage Blue)
2.  Crash (Vintage Blue) by J. G. Ballard
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  "One of my favorite contemporary British writers, this is a classic post-modern statement."
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Flaubert's Parrot (Picador Books)
3.  Flaubert's Parrot (Picador Books) by Julian Barnes
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  "Hilarious meta-biography."
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Life: A User's Manual
4.  Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec
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  "Perec managed to write one of the best books of ther twentieth century, and despite being dead, is still not recognised. This book spans the inhabitants of a Parisian apartment block over sixty years"
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White Noise (Picador Books)
5.  White Noise (Picador Books) by Don DeLillo
The list author says:
  "Fantastic modern American writer, pastly responsible for Brett Easton Ellis and Chuck Pahlunik."
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The Giro Playboy
6.  The Giro Playboy by Michael Smith
The list author says:
  "Smith's first published work from this year. Imagine those dry American beat novels mixed with more drugs, and less 'englightening' drug experiences, depressing, and hopeful too. A light read."
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Omnibus: Albert Angelo, House Mother Normal & Trawl (3 titles)
7.  Omnibus: Albert Angelo, House Mother Normal & Trawl (3 titles) by B.S. Johnson
The list author says:
  "Particularly the first book of the three 'Albert Angelo', Johnson's aim was to innovate within the framework of the novel, and is scathingly funny."
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Fictions
8.  Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
The list author says:
  "Legendary South American short-story writer, Borges creates entire epics in ten page stories. An anti-modernist, he somewhat ironically pre-empted post-modern literature."
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

The Crying Of Lot 49
9.  The Crying Of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
The list author says:
  "Somewhat iconic American reclouse, this is a good book to start getting into Pynchon whose playful narratives and language can be disorientating. Like a stoned Joseph Heller."
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Beckett Trilogy: "Molloy", "Malone Dies", "The Unnamable"
10.  Beckett Trilogy: "Molloy", "Malone Dies", "The Unnamable" by Samuel Beckett
The list author says:
  "Stunning, depressing, painful, violently comic...fantastic."
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5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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