Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1946

Williwaw by Gore Vidal -- with a W, not a V; this was actually very good but not a lot like his later books

The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing -- wonderful noirish nastiness

Dark Passage by David Goodis -- wonderful mildly daft noirish nastiness

The Member Of The Wedding by Carson McCullers -- beautiful beautiful book, gets my vote

Mr.Blandings Builds His Dream House by Eric Hodgins -- gently humorous

Back by Henry Green -- really very good but annoying in that it breaks the pattern of his book titles (as does Caught), must try harder

Joy In The Morning by P.G. Wodehouse -- wonderful froth

The Honjin Murders by Seischi Yokomizo -- literally bought this 3 days ago

The Dreiser book is a posthumous publication.

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I know that "I Spit On Your Graves" was written to shock and disgust (I think righteously?) and it did that job on me fairly comprehensively and I don't much like even thinking about it.

My mum had an edition of that with a super cartoony blood drenched cover. Responsible for quite a few childhood nightmares.

Boris Vian died of rage while watching the premiere of a film adaption of that book. This is my favourite bit of literary trivia.

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Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1947