 | Divorcing Jack by Colin Bateman
Buy used from: £0.01 Treads a fine line between black comedy and thriller.Still the only book I've ever read that lives upto the quotes on the back cover.
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 | Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
Buy new: £5.19 / Used from: £0.01 A hilariously dark little thriller with political overtones that'll have you pissing yourself after ten pages.Class!
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 | A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away (Abacus Books) by Christopher Brookmyre
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 Clearly written with the movie rights in mind,this is still(after a slow start)Brookmyres best book yet.
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 | Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.48 Proper literature,funny as hell.A trag-comic look at war and mortality,through the eyes of a cowardly but rebellious bomber pilot in WW2.
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 | Clockers by Richard Price
Buy used from: £0.01 I'm not a Homicide detective,but this reeks of authenticity.A totally compelling tale,told from both sides of the cop/criminal divide.
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 | Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
Buy used from: £0.01 King turns his pen to sci-fi,with excellent results.A human story played against the backdrop of alien invasion.The Body meets The X-Files,anyone?
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 | Different Seasons by Stephen King
Buy used from: £0.99 I'm no King fan,but with Shawshank,Stand By Me and Apt Pupil in their original versions,this is to good to miss!
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 | Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
Buy used from: £1.08 Surreal slice of sci-fi with a deep emotional streak.An amazing debut,never truly followed up.
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 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood by Peter Biskind
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 Non-fiction account of 70's Hollywood.Absolutely brilliant!A must read for anyone into Godfather,Star Wars,Mean Streets,etc.
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 | Freaky Dancin': Me and the Mondays by Bez
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 A tale of sound and fury,told by an idiot.Bez's (auto)biography is so funny that my rectum nearly prolapsed.Twice!
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 | From Alien to the Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film by Roz Kaveney
Buy new: £9.07 / Used from: £5.99 An excellent,hugely readable(if slightly too feminist)take on the films of it's title and everything inbetween.
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 | Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Showbiz Party by Shawn Levy
Buy used from: £0.01 An overview on THE original Party Animals.A crackingly good gossip column style overview that demands you read every other book about the Rat Pack as soon as it's finished.
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 | Layer Cake by J.J. Connolly
Buy used from: £0.01 Much better than the film.And the film's quite godd,if I'm being honest!
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 | Sphere by Michael Crichton
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 I don't normally rate Michael Crichton,but this is one of the most readable books I've ever read.A psychological sci-fi suspenser,this has a bit of everything .
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 | Porno by Irvine Welsh
Buy new: £5.95 / Used from: £0.01 A worthy,if slightly samey sequel,that nonetheless deserves the same treatment as it's predecessor.If only Macgregor would do the movie,all would be right with the world.
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 | High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 Probably the first man-lit book,an interesting take on 30something males and their refusal to give up their childhood obsessions
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 | Time for Bed by David Baddiel
Buy new: £4.41 / Used from: £0.01 Underrated,lesser known debut from Baddiel.Similar to High Fidelity,but darker,and funnier for it!
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 | The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
Buy used from: £0.01 Cult classic,still largely unknown.Clever,non-linear,amoral,violent and highly sexual.A fun weekend in,basically!
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