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Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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The greatest novel in the english language...comic, tragic, unsentimental and brilliant.
A Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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As honest an account of love and life that was ever written.
Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics)Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin
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Baldwins study of the universal human condition has an emotional resonance that is as precious, flawed, beautiful and doomed as the characters which it depicts.
AtomisedAtomised by Michel Houellebecq
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A hugely ambitious novel that flaunts the authors intellect yet avoids the pitfalls of pretention.
On the RoadOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
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Like all the best romantic literature this is simple, honest, fluid and timeless. A love story about life and those who embrace it.
The Name of the RoseThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
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So much more than just a murder mystery....
The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics)The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka
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Open to endless interpretations, this deceptively simple novel is Kafka's finest achievement.
Dispatches (Picador)Dispatches (Picador) by Michael Herr
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An unfliching portrait of the surreal apocalypse that was Vietnam.
Tom JonesTom Jones by Henry Fielding
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The original 'controversial novel'...viciously witty, knowingly ironic and perfectly executed.
A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin)A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin) by Anthony Burgess
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Surreal, warped, brutal, vibrant and vital. One of the most extraordinary works of all time...Burgess stretches the limits of language and the boundaries of the imagination.
The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald
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A simultaneously tender and harsh indictment of the corrupting influence of money.
RebeccaRebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
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"Last night i dreamt i went to Manderley again"...the greatest opening line of any novel ever written.
Cruising Paradise: TalesCruising Paradise: Tales by Sam Shepard
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Evocative and melancholic slices of sun drenched americana. Shepard proves himself as a short story maestro of impressive economy and startling emotional resonance.
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Penguin Modern Classics)The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Penguin Modern Classics) by Arthur Miller
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Arthur Miller uses a 1692 witch hunt to draw parallels with McCarthy era moral panic in this devastating play.
Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics)Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
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A surprisingly dark and subtly affecting novel from the premier chronicler of English society.
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed HollywoodEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood by Peter Biskind
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Gossip galore and plenty of scandoulous anecdotes in Biskinds definitive document of 70's American cinema.