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Orlando (Wordsworth Classics): A BiographyOrlando (Wordsworth Classics): A Biography by Virginia Woolf
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A man turns into a woman, lives for 400 years, the style changes as the centuries flow on
The White Hotel (King Penguin)The White Hotel (King Penguin) by D.M. Thomas
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darkly, sexually lyrical.
IronweedIronweed by William Kennedy
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brilliant, sharp and funny story of a homeless man burdened by guilt.
Beloved (Vintage Classics)Beloved (Vintage Classics) by Toni Morrison
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You probably know this one, if you don't, its a perfectly cut diamond of a book
GreenvoeGreenvoe by George Mackay Brown
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the lives, rituals and ecstasies of an island community on the verge of destruction
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: With a New Introduction by Ian RankinThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: With a New Introduction by Ian Rankin by James Hogg
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funny, destructive, wavering between madness and the devil
The Master and MargaritaThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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more of the devil, and also a giant cat. get this translation of the book if you can, it's much funnier
The Remains of the DayThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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leads to an understated contraction of the heart
The Sound and the Fury (Picador Books)The Sound and the Fury (Picador Books) by William Faulkner
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"I tried to say" (sob)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Jean Rhys
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the author worked on this slender novel for decades, and every line sings despair and wonder