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The Magus by John Fowles Report Abuse
Outstanding storytelling. Fowles is able to effortlessly manipulate your feelings like a craftsman!
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The Quest For Corvo: An Experiment in Biography (NYRB Classics) by A. J. A. Symons Report Abuse
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind Report Abuse
Grenouille is undoubtedly one of the best anti-heros ever written.
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The Illustrated Zuleika Dobson (Yale Nota Bene) by N John Beerbohm Report Abuse
Beerbohm's only novel and it's quite understandable why--anything he writers will be hard to top this magnificence.
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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945 by Leo Marks Report Abuse
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Report Abuse
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Report Abuse
Need a beautiful story that is guaranteed to cheer you up? Look no further.
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War Of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de Bernieres Report Abuse
A one-of-a-kind story that manages to effortlessly mix humor, magical realism and the twisted politics of South America
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Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold Report Abuse
Fantastic storytelling that revolves around the great stage magicians of the 20s & 30s.
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Music & Silence by Rose Tremain Report Abuse
A very strange, but very beautiful story based in the court of the 17th century King of Denmark.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams Report Abuse
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Dudley Smith Trio: The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, White Jazz by James Ellroy Report Abuse
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Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard Report Abuse
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Homeboy by Seth Morgan Report Abuse
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An Instance Of The Fingerpost by Iain Pears Report Abuse
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