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"Choicest books on my shelves"
French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour De FranceFrench Revolutions: Cycling the Tour De France by Tim Moore
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"No one does comic observation better"
Love in the Time of CholeraLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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"Love triumphs - and what a backcloth"
Hiroshima (Penguin Modern Classics)Hiroshima (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Hersey
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"Surely the hecatomb as it was"
The Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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"Slight but telling - the best of Papa"
The Anubis Gates (Fantasy Masterworks)The Anubis Gates (Fantasy Masterworks) by Tim Powers
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"The best sci-fi I know"
Pushing EnvelopesPushing Envelopes by Robert Wood
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"The first of my 'Moving Deckchairs' trilogy"
Scum (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)Scum (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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"A representative, really, of all the IBS I enjoyed"
Perfume: The Story of a MurdererPerfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
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"Phew - and the build towards the end ..."
The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room"The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room" by Paul Auster
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"Clever and compelling"
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Stranger Than...)The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Stranger Than...) by Sebastian Junger
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"And the perfect book for Junger - nothing since"
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Penguin Modern Classics)Christ Stopped at Eboli (Penguin Modern Classics) by Carlo Levi
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"Flays the soul"
If Not Now, When? (Penguin Modern Classics)If Not Now, When? (Penguin Modern Classics) by Primo Levi
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"Are there more damning charge sheets against the Nazis?"
The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain WoundThe Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound by A. R. Luria
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"A Russian soldier rehabilitates: I wrote a radio play about it"
First Circle, TheFirst Circle, The by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn
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"Check out that last page"
The Cat OBE/RThe Cat OBE/R by Simenon
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"Battle of the sexes: Simenon never did it better"
Mackem MayhemMackem Mayhem by Robert Wood
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"My memoir"
Waiting for the BarbariansWaiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee
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"Few books have impacted on me like this one"
The Blue FlowerThe Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
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"Discovered her late in her life - exquisite"
Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through HaitiBonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti by Ian Thomson
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"Up there with Thubron, but quirkier"
In Patagonia (Vintage classics)In Patagonia (Vintage classics) by Bruce Chatwin
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"Finally, I had to go and see Patagonia"
Ingenious PainIngenious Pain by Andrew Miller
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"Great premise - doctor doesn't feel pain - and beautifully pulled off"
The PrestigeThe Prestige by Christopher Priest
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"Great creepy read - movie miles behind"
A Very Long EngagementA Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot
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"Pity I can't get along with other Japrisot"
Beloved (Vintage Classics)Beloved (Vintage Classics) by Toni Morrison
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"Stays with you for a long time"
Gertrude and ClaudiusGertrude and Claudius by John Updike
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"Have enjoyed so much Updike: this one under-valued, I think"