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The Fabulous Clipjoint by Frederic Brown -- lots of daft fun
I, The Jury by Mickey Spillane -- misogynistic balls
The Path To The Nest Of Spiders by Italo Calvino -- unusually realist early novel from Calvino, but still written with his customary grace
Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov -- enjoyably creepy doppelganger totalitarian goings-on
In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes -- one of the best noir novels ever
The Victim by Saul Bellow -- I liked this; again, shorter Bellow is better Bellow
The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck -- another of his fun books, very charming
Eustace And Hilda by L.P. Hartley -- haven't read the other 2 in the trilogy, but this was actually very good
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh -- brilliant and nasty
The Slaves Of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton -- maybe Hamilton's best? One of my favourite books ever. Voting for this.
A View Of The Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor -- God I love her
Whiskey Galore by Compton Mackenzie -- entertaining trifle
The Plague by Albert Camus -- masterpiece
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada -- understandably depressed minor masterpiece
Act Of Passion by Georges Simenon -- one of the great non-Maigrets
The Evenings: A Winter's Tale by Gerard Reve -- dark as fuck, very good
Exercises In Style by Raymond Queneau -- extremely entertaining
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 5 March 2021 02:36 (three years ago) link