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Favourite Fiction
The Third Policeman (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)The Third Policeman (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Flann O'Brien
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an Irish masterpiece!
GormenghastGormenghast by Mervyn Laurence Peake
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a much underrated masterpiece of imagination
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb PartyDoctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party by Graham Greene
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not a Greene fan, but this is magnificent.
The Power of OneThe Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
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wonderful South African epic
The Poisonwood BibleThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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another thought provoking African saga
A Long Way from Verona (Abacus Books)A Long Way from Verona (Abacus Books) by Jane Gardam
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one of the few books I've read twice.
Therese Raquin (Classics)Therese Raquin (Classics) by Emile Zola
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dark, disturbing and scary
Red Shift (Collins Voyager)Red Shift (Collins Voyager) by Alan Garner
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I love all Alan Garner's weird tales especially this one
Siddhartha (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)Siddhartha (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Hermann Hesse
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life of Buddha exquisitely told.
Diary of a Madman: And Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)Diary of a Madman: And Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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funny and crazy but foreboding....
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
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probably the most recent book on this list, an intriguing mix of science and sociology
The Lake of DarknessThe Lake of Darkness by Ruth Rendell
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Ruth Rendell is so much more than 'who dunnit'.
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte
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one of the few books I remember enjoying at school
Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics)Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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dark, depressing but awe-inspiring
Tales from WessexTales from Wessex by Thomas Hardy
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The withered arm is un-put-downable.
Northern Lights (His Dark Materials)Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
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a modern masterpiece