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Efficient discouragement to ever writing fiction
Ragtime (Picador Books)Ragtime (Picador Books) by E.L. Doctorow
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interrelated stories of twentieth-century US, masterly written
Lolita (Penguin Classics)Lolita (Penguin Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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polemic, challenging, intelligent...
Captain Corelli's MandolinCaptain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
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friendship, love, resentment, betrayal... laughter and tears... beautifully told... marvellous setting... a book you will hate finishing
Midnight's ChildrenMidnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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one of my favourites; his prose is absolutely stunning; he proves a master of English language, of oral Indian traditions, a witty political-cultural critic...
Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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So believable it scares... Best example of dystopia fiction... It'll make you think
Life of PiLife of Pi by Yann Martel
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a fabulous fable (excuse the repetition)... very entertaining and moving... interesting narrative structure... successful end