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Interesting Modern Authors
Mason and DixonMason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
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Pynchon's familiar themes are here applied to the earliest days of colonised America
The Course of the HeartThe Course of the Heart by M.John Harrison
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claustophobic and unsettling look at the notion of past events catching up with characters in the present day
The SopranosThe Sopranos by Alan Warner
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St Trinians for the drug-fuelled generation
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (King Penguin)The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (King Penguin) by Angela Carter
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Angela Carter at her most inventive - a picaresque journey through a surreal latin american country
The Complete MausThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
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A classic graphic novel revisiting the holocaust and the author’s relationship with his father
Unconquered CountriesUnconquered Countries by Geoff Ryman
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Geoff Ryman really should be better known. This exploration of a near-future Cambodia fuses myth and social speculation, but never loses sight of its heart, which is its characters
Approaching Our DestinationApproaching Our Destination by Peter Campbell
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Surreal, disturbing short stories
WatchmenWatchmen by Alan Moore
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Soon to be a major film, as they say. It can’t come close to this sharp and inventive dissection of modern life.
The Five Gates of Hell (Bloomsbury Paperbacks)The Five Gates of Hell (Bloomsbury Paperbacks) by Rupert Thomson
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An absurdist thriller that's both unsettling and amusing