Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth))449 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Everyman's Library, 1993 A road movie of the mind + Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written             The Road1608 reviews Cormac McCarthy Knopf, 2006 A Road To Treasure + Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine. Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...             A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)962 reviews John Kennedy Toole Grove Weidenfeld, 1987 Smart, Funny, Without the Usual Conceit + The funniest book I've ever read + incredible book + Odd, Sad, Funny, Unique and Just Plain Great! + Hilarious, dark, brilliant             Facing the Music (Front Porch Paperbacks)4 reviews Larry Brown Algonquin Books, 1996 This debut indicated he was going far. + Mississippi adds another author to its list of greats + Brown's talent for innovative fiction is astounding + Brilliant, bold beginning for great Southern writer             The Lay of the Land (Vintage Contemporaries)75 reviews Richard Ford Vintage, 2007 Best Frank Bascombe + Bascombe Redux + Brilliantly rendered audiobook + ulysses in new jersey             Rabbit, Run104 reviews John Updike Ballantine Books, 1996 A sophisticated but playful Rabbit we have! In the beginning, I was sort of depressed. the subject matter, the darkly setting, uneasy texture. However, I liked to read gradually. I loved it. And the main character of the novel is portrayed with sophisticatedly. A complex personality but somewhat amusing and certainly playful. I look forward ...             The Crossing (The Border Trilogy)82 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Knopf, 1994 Highly recommend!! + A Western Sorrow. This story has all the elements that draw a reader in and hold them fast: love, tragedy, revenge, hope. Try it, you'll like it!             The Things They Carried705 reviews Tim O'Brien Broadway, 1998 "Some dumb thing happens a long time ago and you can't ever forget it..." + O'Brien Cuts To the Core Of Our Fragile Lives + Perfection + Great read - Not what I expected + The ThingsThey Carried             The Sound and the Fury196 reviews William Faulkner Vintage, 1991 I HATED this book until I realized it was a masterpiece... + A Great American Classic that Deserves to Be + If only we all could be blessed with such failure. + A Difficult Classic             Rabbit Is Rich28 reviews John Updike Ballantine Books, 1996 Updike's Brilliant and Fun Look at 80s America + "Let me tell you something about Toyotas" + the american consumer + Flush times for Harry Angstrom + Is Rabbit content?             All over but the Shoutin'296 reviews Rick Bragg Vintage, 1998 Destined to be a Southern classic ... ! + Too Good + Wonderfully Written Book + failed revenge             Light in August (The Corrected Text)76 reviews William Faulkner Vintage International/Random House, 1990 Faulkner's Best (One of them, anyway) + Epiphany of Gail Hightower + Light in August (The Corrected Text) + My first Faulkner             Ulysses395 reviews James Joyce Vintage, 1990 Ten Reasons to Re-read Ulysses + Amazon Recommends I: James Joyce's Ulysses + Mount Everest for Readers 1. When you tried it in college, it was a task, a challenge, an intellectual mountain to climb, a test of your literary mettle. Perhaps if you read it apart from any course, as I did, you felt you failed. 2. In the intervening time you've read perhaps hundreds of Modernist and post-modernist ...             The Lay of the Land (Vintage Contemporaries)75 reviews Richard Ford Vintage, 2007 Best Frank Bascombe + Bascombe Redux + Brilliantly rendered audiobook + ulysses in new jersey             Facing the Music (Front Porch Paperbacks)4 reviews Larry Brown Algonquin Books, 1996 This debut indicated he was going far. + Mississippi adds another author to its list of greats + Brown's talent for innovative fiction is astounding + Brilliant, bold beginning for great Southern writer             A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)962 reviews John Kennedy Toole Grove Weidenfeld, 1987 Smart, Funny, Without the Usual Conceit + The funniest book I've ever read + incredible book + Odd, Sad, Funny, Unique and Just Plain Great! + Hilarious, dark, brilliant             The Crossing (The Border Trilogy)82 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Knopf, 1994 Highly recommend!! + A Western Sorrow. This story has all the elements that draw a reader in and hold them fast: love, tragedy, revenge, hope. Try it, you'll like it!             Rabbit Is Rich28 reviews John Updike Ballantine Books, 1996 Updike's Brilliant and Fun Look at 80s America + "Let me tell you something about Toyotas" + the american consumer + Flush times for Harry Angstrom + Is Rabbit content?             Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth))449 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Everyman's Library, 1993 A road movie of the mind + Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written             Light in August (The Corrected Text)76 reviews William Faulkner Vintage International/Random House, 1990 Faulkner's Best (One of them, anyway) + Epiphany of Gail Hightower + Light in August (The Corrected Text) + My first Faulkner