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Hands up if you hate Updike - Great postwar American novels
Sabbath's TheaterSabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
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Wild, passionate, raging a masterpiece almost beyond comparison
Cigarettes (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))Cigarettes (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) by Harry Mathews
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A marvel of elegance and construction
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books)Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books) by Cormac McCarthy
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Lolita (Penguin Classics)Lolita (Penguin Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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The Crying of Lot 49The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
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UnderworldUnderworld by Don DeLillo
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The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Modern Classics)The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Modern Classics) by Saul Bellow
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I'm not sure that any one of Bellow's books is a masterpiece. But this, although shapeless and rather rambling, contains most of his virtues
Myra Breckinridge & MyronMyra Breckinridge & Myron by Gore Vidal
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Hilarious and savage satire
The MoviegoerThe Moviegoer by Walker Percy
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Invisible Man (Essential Penguin)Invisible Man (Essential Penguin) by Ralph Ellison
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The AssistantThe Assistant by Bernard Malamud
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Sophie's Choice (Vintage Classics)Sophie's Choice (Vintage Classics) by William Styron
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Harlot's GhostHarlot's Ghost by Norman Mailer
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The CorrectionsThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
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