Waiting Period13 reviews Jr., Hubert Selby Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2003 a decent, entertaining book No, it's not Selby's best book--I doubt that he intended it as his masterpiece. It's also true that the style has changed little since *Last Exit to Brooklyn*, with its stylized paragraph indentations, idiosyncratic punctuation, and phonetic spellings, and I agree that such conventions seem to work ...             Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays6 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 1995 "In the service of truth and the service of freedom." + The agony of a humanist + Bracing clarity + An essential to the library called your mind + A good book.....             The Stranger527 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 1989 American translation brings out stylistic subtleties + Oh, the absurdity! + Perfect + read it for your own reaction.             Infinite Jest: A Novel346 reviews David Foster Wallace, 1997 Great even if you don't get everything + One of the best... + why infinite? I didn't, like one reviewer here suggested, look up every word I didn't know in the dictionary (and there were a lot. Antinomy?) I didn't even read all the footnotes, because after a while this was, even though it was a great book, one of those books where you start staring at the width of the ...             Requiem for a Nun7 reviews William Faulkner Random House, 1951 I was named after a character in this book! + Still a work of a Genius My dad told me I was named after a character in this book so it's fun reading it. It was made into a movie but I can't find it on tape or dvd.             Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel (P.S.)113 reviews Michael Chabon Harper Perennial, 2005 Post-college confusion + Beautiful and complex story + a great story that's a little disjointed I am envious of Michael Chabon. To have the skill to write such a near perfect book for your first novel is remarkable. It is also a shame that this book is overshadowed by "Kavalier and Clay" and the "Wonder Boys" since it shouldn't take a back seat to either of those novels. The book ...             Blackden (Norton Paperback)3 reviews Duncan McLean W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 A Wonderfully Engaging Voice + There is no place like home + Another Great Piece of Scottish Fiction Once acclimatized to the lovely, amusing and lyrical Scottish vernacular of the first few paragraphs (the vernacular becomes actually addictive) I couldn't stop reading this book, staying up till 3 A.M. or so each night and grabbing for it first thing on waking. As the book is written in 'real ...             Eureka: A Prose Poem (Literary Classics)3 reviews Edgar Allan Poe Prometheus Books, 1997 "rise again to the Life Everlasting" + Poe's Pinnacle Work on the Creation of the Universe This work is most accurately described as an essay. Poe writes on its pages a Cosmogony, that is to say, he gives an explanation of how and why the Universe began, the way it evolved to its present condition, and what will happen to it in the end. This is no simple work, and contains not only his ...             The Four of Us: A Play Itamar Moses Faber & Faber, 2008 From the author of Bach at Leipzig (Faber, 2005) comes a new play about loyalty, integrity, and the price of success. When Benjamin’s first novel vaults him into literary stardom, his friend David, a struggling playwright, is thrilled for his newfound success . . . or is he? Should Benjamin help David by using his new connections? Can David even expect such favors from his friend? More ...             The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H.: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction Series)8 reviews George Steiner University Of Chicago Press, 1999 Nazism - theory, causality, failure + A provocative look at the legacy of A.H. This book describes the causality of Nazism (cultural), the theory, and why it failed.             Aalst (Modern Plays) Duncan McLean Methuen Drama, 2008 A program text produced with the National Theatre of Scotland to coincide with the UK tour, Aalst is a powerful and disturbing drama about two parents who murder their children. The play is based on real events from the Belgian town of Aalst where, in 1999, the ensuing high-profile and dramatic trial led to much soul-searching in the Belgian media.             You Shall Know Our Velocity1 review Dave Eggers Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2003 Great Novel You Shall Know Our Velocity is a story about humanity more than it is a story about the world. Readers quickly get to know and relate to the characters, even before knowing their stories. Written with Egger's wonderfully fluid way of weaving a story and a person together. Incredibly enjoyable to ...             Mumbo Jumbo34 reviews Ishmael Reed Scribner, 1996 an american classic way up the list + WOW + I really enjoyed this book + Remember "old school?" It's alive and well! + Jes' Wonderful             Exile and the Kingdom16 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 2007 A Good Selection of Both Solid and Eclectic Works + Short stories for philosophers, literature snobs, and lovers of the unusual + A gathering of some of Camus' finest short stories As a point of reference, I have read most of Camus's major works. The present collection is an interesting mixture of six short stories. The stories are more varied than his novels which tend to reflect his philosophy of the absurd. I thought the present stories were among his best works. The story ...             Naked Lunch238 reviews William S. Burroughs Grove Press, 1992 Beyond Good & Evil + "The man is never on time." + Brilliant Burroughs' work is a reaction to post -1945 cold war America in its radical deployment of tone, style and content. It endured bans, censorship and obscenity trials before hitting bookstores in the early nineteen sixties. But for all that, its continuing power is as spiritual work that makes it ...             One Hundred Years of Solitude442 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez HarperCollins, 2003 dazzling panorama of life & death, love & loss, energy & dissipation + Not for everyone, but if it's for you .... Hold On!! + what a unique work of art + Monumental, Mesmerizing!             The Caine Mutiny: A Novel80 reviews Herman Wouk Back Bay Books, 1992 Entertaining and Intellectually Rewarding + A Classic--Worth the Read (Even With Its Shortcomings) + The fascinating journey of the Caine + True classic literature + Whale of a Tale             Six Israeli Novellas1 review Aharon Appelfeld; David Grossman; Ruth Almog; Yaakov Shabtai; Yehudit Hendel; Benjamin Tammuz; Dalya Bilu (translator) David R Godine, 2001 an adventure in reading Each of the Novellas has a protagonist of unusual proportions, attempting to find something just slightly beyond himself or herself. While being a part of contemporary fiction, there is a certain historical perspective such as the disposed, wandering Jew of Aharon Appelfeld's "The Isles of St. ...             Lyrical and Critical Essays4 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 1970 A lyric poet in disguise + An interesting literary work + An Essential Ground Of Info. + Beautiful and insightfull             CivilWarLand in Bad Decline46 reviews George Saunders Riverhead Trade, 1997 A GREAT COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES + Stories with a twisted, dark, and tragicomic american vision + Thank You, Mr. Saunders + hallelujah!