 | Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Buy used from: £4.01 Fantastic book, though I don't know many poeple who have heard of it
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 | Man in the Mirror: John Howard Griffin and the Story of "Black Like Me" by Robert Bonazzi
Buy used from: £12.32 I believe it essential to have this to accompany Black Like Me, it gives a great background & fascinating facts that aren't in the above
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 | The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Buy new: £4.75 / Used from: £0.36 Very easy to read, and totally compelling
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 | Union Street (Virago Modern Classics) (Paperback) by Pat Barker
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Again, easy to read, and compelling. Desribes society by correlating various stories about different people on the same street. gets you thinking by the end!
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 | The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Buy used from: £0.01 Saw the film first and was the only one out of the group who had to buy it! the book came free but its just as good as the film, if not better. Soundtracks pretty good too!
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 | A Doll's House (Methuen Student Editions) by Henrik Ibsen
Buy used from: £1.42 The first play I properly read that wasn't Shakespreare and I loved it. Easy, interesting, moving. You really feel for Nora, society really was a hypocrit. Ibsen is talented
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 | Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £0.01 Probably the 2nd play I read that wasnt Shakespreare, and again, great. I loved everything about it and can read it over and over!
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 | The Big Sleep: An Philip Marlowe Mystery (Penguin Fiction) by Raymond Chandler
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.89 First Private Eye type book I read! and it was better than I expected! There's loads of stuff you can think about, but it isnt essential to. definately recommend to everyone! funny too!
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 | Money: A Suicide Note (Penguin Modern Classics) by Martin Amis
Buy used from: £1.97 Funny, sarcastic John. There is so much going on in this book, including the author moulding one of the female characters around himself. whatever floats his boat!
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 | Coming Up for Air (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £2.62 Again, easy to read. Funny to see how an old man interprets post-war society, and a frankfurter!!
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