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Hallucinating FoucaultHallucinating Foucault by Patricia Duncker
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a novel about academia and the adoration of your chosen subject; read all her novels!
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
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a novel about friendship, love and disappointment, comicbooks and WWII
A Thousand AcresA Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
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an exciting, devastating contemporary rewrite of king lear
A Case of CuriositiesA Case of Curiosities by Allen Kurzweil
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a beautifully pompous piece of first writing - have just started his second book - will let you know...
FingersmithFingersmith by Sarah Waters
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quite literally couldn't put it down...read 'tipping the velvet' too for more lesbian victoriana
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My LifeTo the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life by Herve Guibert
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first in a trio of AIDS autofiction - a contemporary of foucault, guibert wrote sparse, explicit prose