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good old fashioned yarns
The Master and Margarita (Penguin Modern Classics)The Master and Margarita (Penguin Modern Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
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Classic hallucinogenic satire. On stilts.
Moby Dick (Norton Critical Editions)Moby Dick (Norton Critical Editions) by H Melville
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If you like whaling, you'll just love this...
Lanark: Life in Four Books: A Life in 4 Books (Canongate Classics)Lanark: Life in Four Books: A Life in 4 Books (Canongate Classics) by Alasdair Gray
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So good, I gave up brandy
Dylan Thomas: Collected StoriesDylan Thomas: Collected Stories by Dylan Thomas
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Sure, an excellent poet but his prose is criminally overlooked
Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Classics)Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Classics) by Jonathan Swift
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A must read. Has influenced everything on this list
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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Funny. Sad. Absurd.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Popular Classics)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Popular Classics) by Mark Twain
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A messed up tale of woe and pity down the Mississippi
Breakfast of ChampionsBreakfast of Champions by Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut
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Endlessly inventive
High-RiseHigh-Rise by J.G. Ballard
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Because Ballard's always worth a read
The Trial (Modern Voices)The Trial (Modern Voices) by Franz Kafka
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A pretty accurate vision of modern hell