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Vox 56 reviews Nicholson Baker
Vintage, 1993
Great Read
+ The Joy of Anonymous Indecency... + a complicated mind + Gen-X Neurotica
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The Magus 221 reviews John Fowles
Dell, 1985
Yes.
+ STAYS WITH YOU + he should have left it alone + Where's the rest of the story?
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Lolita (Everyman's Library classics) 19 reviews Vladimir Nabokov
Everyman's Library, 1992
Still stirs the imagination after all these years.
+ Sublimely beautiful + "Lolita" + Controversial, haunting and somehow strangely compelling
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (Bantam Classics) 87 reviews D.H. Lawrence
Bantam Books, 1983
I've read three books by Lawrence...this was the only one I liked
+ Love in the Void + Incandescent. Perfect.
I picked up Lady Chatterley's Lover (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) from Amazon for $6.95. In the absence of an available Everyman's Cloth Edition, the B&N is likely the way to go. In terms of supplemental material it is quite comparable to this: (Lady Chatterley's ...
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Tropic of Cancer 161 reviews Henry Miller
Grove Press, 1994
Know the background before you read this classic
+ Tropic of Cancer review + Original For Its Time--crude and rude + Fountain of youth + Puerile, vulgar, and tawdry.
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Brass 9 reviews Helen Walsh
Canongate U.S., 2004
Disturbing, graphic, and sexually depraved
+ Gritty, real - hardcore smut for chicks with a bad side + One of the best books I've read in a while + Millie's like a bottle of Southern Comfort
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Carrie's Story: An Erotic S/M Novel 52 reviews Molly Weatherfield
Cleis Press, 2002
Carrie's Story
+ Good Book
Stunningly written - I could almost feel the lashes and humiliation she received from Jonathon and feel her tears. There were times I cried with her.
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The Carpetbaggers 15 reviews Harold Robbins
Buccaneer Books, 1993
Fantastic
+ classic adolescent book + Hot and Exciting! + The Zenith Of A "Writing Machine" Author's Career.
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Singular Pleasures 2 reviews Harry Mathews
Dalkey Archive Press, 2000
Brilliant realization of high concept
+ A series of fetes for the one thing besides death...
The concept, as I read it, is that most of us are bound by a common secret--masturbation--and that the lengths we go to in order to achieve release are what makes us distinct from each other as individuals--our imaginations. To prove it, Mathews, one of America's best unkowns, has written 61 ...
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Crash: A Novel 119 reviews J. G. Ballard
Picador, 2001
Human ugliness laid bare...
+ A Difficult Book on the Problem of Modernity
I was traveling to London on business. Whenever I get a chance to go abroad, I try to read something "of the region." Or at least something that contains a metaphor for the trip. Reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson on my first trip to London and Edinburgh worked quite nicely. Digging into ...
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An American Dream 30 reviews Norman Mailer
Vintage, 1999
I 've listened about 12 times in the car
+ The devil's in the details of the American Dream. + American nightmare
I never get tired of this book by Norman Mailer as read by MacDonald Carey. He has a great voice and a great acting style that make you see the book in your head like a movie! I am not kidding, sometimes I forget it was a book and think I saw this movie! I protect this tape like the special item ...
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In the Cut 95 reviews Susanna Moore
Plume, 1999
sort of a more graphic version of "Looking for Mister Goodbar"...
+ Dark erotic thriller
As you can tell from the other reviews, "In The Cut" is a rather graphic and depressing read about a young English Lit instructor in Manhattan who seems to be a bit over-sexed, attracts over-sexed and depraved men, and finds herself in a very dangerous position. The book is very bold, too bold for ...
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Fear of Flying 64 reviews Erica Jong
NAL Trade, 2003
fear of flying
+ Refreshing and Surprising book from a female author who dares to "Go there." Oh no she didn't! Oh yes,she did!! + Glad I didn't give up on it
Great book I love it. I want to thank the seller for the timely and prompt delivery of this product.
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Endless Love 43 reviews Scott Spencer
Harper Perennial, 1999
Do not die without reading this book
+ One of the Truly Great Modern Novels + Absolutely amazing + Fascinating study + A story for anyone thats ever loved and lost
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Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure John Cleland
BookSurge Publishing, 2000
John Cleland (1710-1789) - an English writer, journalist and translator. His novel"Fanny Hill, or Memories of a Woman of Pleasure" is an erotic masterpiece, which narratesabout scandalous events taking place in the life of a woman, her disreputable adventures.The views on life of eighteenth century bourgeoisie combined with sexual passion and romantic love.
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel 289 reviews Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 1998
Patience and Growth Yields Great Reward
+ A certain "something" that is bizarre and intriguing + Excellent read + Think for yourself + Chronicle of the Lost
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Story of the Eye 54 reviews Georges Bataille
City Lights Publishers, 2001
Grotesque and Astonishing
+ So different and interesting read + Great First Novel + Thought Provoking, Brilliant and Grotesque ...
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Candy 21 reviews Terry Southern, Mason Hoffenberg, ...
Grove Press, 1996
CROSS BETWEEN LOLITA,3 STOOGES, AND HENRY MILLER!
+ Wonderful Tongue-in-Cheek Piece of Work!
For some of the most outrageous writing and set pieces ever devised, look no further than this bizarre romp through the sexual deliriums of several characters, including the ripe and whifty heroine, some perverse academics and MD's, her older relatives, especially her aunt, and some far eastern ...
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Portnoy's Complaint 101 reviews Philip Roth
Vintage, 1994
Funny, Influential, Modern, Psychological Jewish Novel -- that's well worth your time...
+ Laugh-out-loud hilarious! + I thought this was a book about gangsters + Great Reflection of 1969 and Jersey Jews [52][T]
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The End Of Alice 79 reviews A.M. Homes
Scribner, 1997
this one thoroughly creeped me out
+ Brilliant + A Beautiful Tale of Love and Loss + Daring + There are those....
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