post office: A Novel133 reviews
Charles Bukowski

Ecco, 2007

Ardin's View

+ Hilarious!
+ Work Sucks
+ Love him or hate him... he's funny
  
  











  



  
Child of God
Cormac McCARTHY

Random House, 1973
  
  











  



  
Suttree60 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.
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Chimera7 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
  
  











  



  
JR (a novel)
William Gaddis

Alfred A. Knopf, 1975

A signed 1st edition of the author's scarce second novel.
  
  











  



  
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?
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Tales of Ordinary Madness33 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.
  
  











  



  
Lookout Cartridge2 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Suttree60 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.
  
  











  



  
Chimera7 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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
post office: A Novel133 reviews
Charles Bukowski

Ecco, 2007

Ardin's View

+ Hilarious!
+ Work Sucks
+ Love him or hate him... he's funny
  
  











  



  
JR (a novel)
William Gaddis

Alfred A. Knopf, 1975

A signed 1st edition of the author's scarce second novel.
  
  











  



  
Tales of Ordinary Madness33 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.
  
  











  



  
Child of God
Cormac McCARTHY

Random House, 1973
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Lookout Cartridge2 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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?