 | Life, A Users Manual by George Perec
Buy used from: £12.30 A rich and beautiful book. Maybe hard to get into but ultimately a masterpiece
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 | Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.05 I couldn't put this down. It's funny, moving, profound. A window on another human soul.
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 | The Moon and the Bonfires (aka. The Moon and the Bonfire) by Cesare Pavese
Buy new: £5.66 / Used from: £3.70 Haunting, nostalgic. A classic of Italian literature
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 | Six Memos for the Next Millennium (Vintage classics) by Italo Calvino
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £10.99 A small volume about writing and literature but as playful as Calvino's fiction
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 | The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman by Louis De Bernieres
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 The last in De Berniere's magical South American trilogy. Time I read all three again!
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 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01 A classic on existence and what it is to be human
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 | The Man without Qualities by Robert Musil
Buy new: £9.67 / Used from: £5.33 Musil's essayistic style is unusual but the quality of his writing is exceptional. A challenge but infinitely rewarding
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 | Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: £5.71 / Used from: £9.36 Probably my favourite Orwell novel - a bit depressing but a good read
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 | The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £0.01 Excellent, un-put-downable
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 | The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 I picked this up in Norwich station knowing nothing about it and was surprised to find that before I knew it I was in London. A great read
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