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Ten neglected English novelists
The Alexandria QuartetThe Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
Buy new: £8.96 / Used from: £6.00
A close call over the "Avignon Quintet" - read both!
The Singapore GripThe Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell
Buy new: £5.95 / Used from: £0.69
Farrel died young but won the Booker for "Siege of Krishnapur"
Night and the CityNight and the City by Gerald Kersh
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.06
Dark, emotive portrait of lowlife London after WWII.
Alms for Oblivion: Vol 1 (Omnibus Edition: The Rich Pay Late; Friends in Low Places; The Sabre Squadron; Fielding Gray)Alms for Oblivion: Vol 1 (Omnibus Edition: The Rich Pay Late; Friends in Low Places; The Sabre Squadron; Fielding Gray) by Simon Raven
Appears to be out of print - try others
He Died with His Eyes Open (Factory 1)He Died with His Eyes Open (Factory 1) by Derek Raymond
Buy new: £5.06 / Used from: £2.97
First of the "Factory" novels - bleak but unforgettable
Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics)Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics) by Patrick Hamilton
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.19
"Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky" is also well worth reading
Goshawk Squadron (Cassell Military Paperbacks)Goshawk Squadron (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Derek Robinson
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Try getting hold of "The Eldorado Network" - now criminally out of print.
Mapp and Lucia (Penguin Modern Classics)Mapp and Lucia (Penguin Modern Classics) by E. F. Benson
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Intelligent comedy, slightly camp bitchiness. Once read, you will be hooked on Benson for life.
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether PartsThe War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis De Bernieres
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Everyone knows "Captain Corelli", but the South American trilogy is so much better
Master and CommanderMaster and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
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Perhaps the most under-rated novelist of all