A mon avis. Books read 2011.  Part Two

A Listmania! list by Dr Locrian
 
Austerlitz
1.  Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald
The list author says:
  "I feel Sebald will be read in fifty years time.  This haunting and heartbreakingly lovely novel with its cool enamelled exterior and undescribed dark centre is his undoubtedly his masterpiece."
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The Emigrants
2.  The Emigrants by W. G. Sebald
The list author says:
  "A good introduction to Sebald's Fiction.  The stories of four emigrants.  The text interspersed with enigmatic photographs that enhance Sebald's limpid prose."
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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Everyman's Library Classics)
3.  Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Everyman's Library Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
The list author says:
  "Prosewise this book in almost untouchable and does the impossible of recreating a lost childhood through language.  But one sometimes wishes N would stop going on about his perfect childhood."
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Vertigo
4.  Vertigo by W G Sebald
The list author says:
  "The longer pieces in this are better than the shorter. An early work with all the hallmarks of later greatness shining through.  Read Austerlitz instead."
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Suttree
5.  Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
The list author says:
  "This book about derelicts in Knoxville and narrated in biblically complex language is absolutely crazy and a pure joy.  McCarthy can tell you what a dictionary tastes like because he ate one once."
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Molloy
6.  Molloy by Samuel Beckett
The list author says:
  "Molloy, the first part of a trilogy.  Contains many great felicities of style, but is a very difficult read and not particularly (in my opinion) rewarding or enjoyable."
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Company / Ill Seen Ill Said / Worstward Ho / Stirrings Still: WITH Ill Seen Ill Said AND Worstward Ho AND Stirrings Still
7.  Company / Ill Seen Ill Said / Worstward Ho / Stirrings Still: WITH Ill Seen Ill Said AND Worstward Ho AND Stirrings Still by Samuel Beckett
The list author says:
  "These pieces reek of genius, shame they contain no pleasure.  I do not think Beckett would have seen this as an insult."
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Outer Dark
8.  Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
The list author says:
  "Read this early McCarthy for interest, thinking that like most young (youngish here) writers that he wouldn't be in complete control of his talents. I was wrong.  This is excellent."
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The Untouchable
9.  The Untouchable by John Banville
The list author says:
  "This book is beyond excellent.  My new favourite Banville.  This book is razor sharp, and will appeal to readers who like their books stylish and ironic."
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The Crossing (Border Trilogy) (paperback)
10.  The Crossing (Border Trilogy) (paperback) by Cormac McCarthy
The list author says:
  "Goes round in circles a bit and isn't as good as ATPHs, but who really cares.  It is by Cormac.  There are scenes in this dark and stylish book that will stay with me for life."
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Dirty Snow (New York Review Books Classics)
11.  Dirty Snow (New York Review Books Classics) by William T Vollmann
The list author says:
  "Get this translation.  An intensely written European noir, with a real economy of style.  Quite unlike anything I have read before. All the more impressive as S probably jerked it out in about 7 days!"
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Twilight: A Novel
12.  Twilight: A Novel by William Gay
The list author says:
  "I did enjoy this, but couldn't take it that seriously as Gay (an unfortunately named author of an unfortunately titled book) reads like a parody of McCarthy.  He has his faults also.  Very Fun."
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Cosmopolis
13.  Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
The list author says:
  "First Delillo. And not my last.  Perhaps a bad place to start, but does contain reaps of that poetic prose that describes the modern world in waves."
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Hannibal
14.  Hannibal by Thomas Harris
The list author says:
  "Firstly: SOTLs is a brilliant book.  This is almost like it was written by a different author: a dark, vulgar and preposterous book.  In my opinion this is most likely a parody."
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Gathering Evidence
15.  Gathering Evidence by Thomas Bernhard
The list author says:
  "No reviews, a travesty!  His autobiography and within its hynotic pages B pores scorn over most things, esp Doctors and Austria. With a history like this how could he be otherwise."
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Shroud
16.  Shroud by John Banville
The list author says:
  "The darkest Banville, not the best, but certainly the darkest, which is no bad thing. The bit towards the middle where he does an impression of PG Wodehouse is great."
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The Infinities
17.  The Infinities by John Banville
The list author says:
  "Conversely, this is the lightest Banville.  I didn't find it that compulsive, but the conceit of the Greek gods being real is delightful. Also, as with all Banville, beautiful envy inducing prose."
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Christine Falls (Quirke 1)
18.  Christine Falls (Quirke 1) by Benjamin Black
The list author says:
  "Banville's dark twin is almost a better writer than Banville, by relaxing (writing faster and with the attention on plot) B creates something quite extraordinary. A superbly written crime caper."
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The Universe In A Nutshell
19.  The Universe In A Nutshell by Stephen William Hawking
The list author says:
  "Like 'A Brief History' this is a superb popular science book that enables you to grasp something of modern advances within theoretical physics, which is its great success.  However, not an easy read."
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The Map and the Territory
20.  The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq
The list author says:
  "This is certainly an interesting book, but it feels (H has said as much in interviews) like something of a farewell.  It is still obviously H, but he seems tired.  Read Atomised instead."
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How I Escaped My Certain Fate
21.  How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee
The list author says:
  "If you like Mr Lee, you'll love this.  If you don't perhaps start with a DVD then come back here."
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Pnin (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics)
22.  Pnin (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
The list author says:
  "How could I forget this. Dark in Nabokov's sunny way, humorous and short. Though I have come to the comclusion that Lolita is an anomaly in N's cannon as there isn't a book quite as good as it."
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Rings Of Saturn
23.  Rings Of Saturn by W G Sebald
The list author says:
  "There has been a glut of fictional nonfiction books recently. I believe Sebald is to blame, God rest his soul.  I can't put my finger on why this book is so appealing, which might be why it appeals."
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Walking to Hollywood
24.  Walking to Hollywood by Will Self
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  "A very strange book."
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What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Years as Me
25.  What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Years as Me by Roger Lewis
The list author says:
  "I like Roger Lewis, but I could have done with the bits of this book that concerned 'political correctness gone mad'."
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