a dozen to read in the dark

The list author says:
	"this one is actually called Reading in the Dark; top book"

The list author says:
	"he Russian roulette scene is one of the best in modern literature"

The list author says:
	"Man's a genius, but not that well-known in English-speaking world. Really funny too - read 30pp even if maddened by an initially nutty-seeming style and you will not be able to stop"

The list author says:
	"The best name of any book, the best cover of any book, and maybe the best book of any book. Read it for the little cross-heads: "HURT FOOT, BITTEN BUTTOCK, CUT HEAD'."

The list author says:
	"Best book about the Soviet gulag, in short, pared-down stories. Read Berries - 3 pp. - and know you've read one of best stories of 20th century"

The list author says:
	"Amazing writers not that well known in Britain; introduced me to Pauline Melville, whom I love"

The list author says:
	"Another great book of 20th century, short, brilliant, and in a fiercely minor key; this pocket sized hardback edition is nice and not expensive - a must"

The list author says:
	"The best translations of Holderlin, great German Romantic poet - if there was one book on this list I'd reccomend it's this one"

The list author says:
	"The best writer in Britain. Better known for the awesome Hotel World, but this is my favourite book by her."

The list author says:
	"Yet another little-known major classic of 20th century, this one by a Brazilian writer (who was born Jewish in the Ukraine). Woman faces cockroach - philosophical without pretention"

The list author says:
	"She's wonderful - wonderful thinker, wonderful human being, wonderful woman, wonderful writer - on fire."

The list author says:
	"Modern Russian writer hated by some in Russia who built a giant fake toilet bowl outside the Kremlin and threw in books by him and others - what tribute!"