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post office: A Novel 133 reviews Charles Bukowski
Ecco, 2007
Ardin's View
+ Hilarious! + Work Sucks + Love him or hate him... he's funny
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Child of God Cormac McCARTHY
Random House, 1973
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Suttree 60 reviews Cormac Mccarthy
Vintage, 1992
Great!
+ Why can't I write like this?
This is an amazing book. I finished it in 4 days and started all over again. Not for children though.
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Roadside Picnic (SF Collector's Edition) 34 reviews Arkadi Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Gollancz, 2000
One of my favorite books:
+ Get it before Hollywood does + Roadside Picnic + excellent sci-fi + Great book - watch out for overpriced "used" books
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Chimera 7 reviews John Barth
Mariner Books, 2001
The myth that lives down your street
+ Postmodern Mythology + Not a book for everyone + Gripping, thought-provoking, humorous, generally excellent
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JR (a novel) William Gaddis
Alfred A. Knopf, 1975
A signed 1st edition of the author's scarce second novel.
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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) 14 reviews Thomas Pynchon
Penguin Classics, 2006
The Mother of All War Novels
+ It Depends + Ambivalent on This One + Huh?
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Humboldt's Gift (Penguin Classics) 41 reviews Saul Bellow
Penguin Classics, 2008
Glory Time
+ Mind without culture + Good Work by a Great Author + Like a person from a painting
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Tales of Ordinary Madness 33 reviews Charles Bukowski
Virgin Books, 2008
Tales of Ordinary Madness
+ Bits and Pieces.
Charles Bukowski, brutally honest, as usual. This book was pretty good but not as good as his poetry.
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Lookout Cartridge 2 reviews Joseph McElroy
Overlook TP, 2003
Hard even on sympathetic readers
I bought this book with every intention of liking it. McElroy has a devoted coterie of fans who consider him a genius, and this book is supposed to be one of his best, as well as his most readable. Apparently several people think it's the best American novel of the 70s. So I went into it with a ...
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Suttree 60 reviews Cormac Mccarthy
Vintage, 1992
Great!
+ Why can't I write like this?
This is an amazing book. I finished it in 4 days and started all over again. Not for children though.
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Chimera 7 reviews John Barth
Mariner Books, 2001
The myth that lives down your street
+ Postmodern Mythology + Not a book for everyone + Gripping, thought-provoking, humorous, generally excellent
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Roadside Picnic (SF Collector's Edition) 34 reviews Arkadi Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Gollancz, 2000
One of my favorite books:
+ Get it before Hollywood does + Roadside Picnic + excellent sci-fi + Great book - watch out for overpriced "used" books
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post office: A Novel 133 reviews Charles Bukowski
Ecco, 2007
Ardin's View
+ Hilarious! + Work Sucks + Love him or hate him... he's funny
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JR (a novel) William Gaddis
Alfred A. Knopf, 1975
A signed 1st edition of the author's scarce second novel.
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Tales of Ordinary Madness 33 reviews Charles Bukowski
Virgin Books, 2008
Tales of Ordinary Madness
+ Bits and Pieces.
Charles Bukowski, brutally honest, as usual. This book was pretty good but not as good as his poetry.
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Child of God Cormac McCARTHY
Random House, 1973
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Humboldt's Gift (Penguin Classics) 41 reviews Saul Bellow
Penguin Classics, 2008
Glory Time
+ Mind without culture + Good Work by a Great Author + Like a person from a painting
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Lookout Cartridge 2 reviews Joseph McElroy
Overlook TP, 2003
Hard even on sympathetic readers
I bought this book with every intention of liking it. McElroy has a devoted coterie of fans who consider him a genius, and this book is supposed to be one of his best, as well as his most readable. Apparently several people think it's the best American novel of the 70s. So I went into it with a ...
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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) 14 reviews Thomas Pynchon
Penguin Classics, 2006
The Mother of All War Novels
+ It Depends + Ambivalent on This One + Huh?
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