Beloved
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 July 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
^pretty hard to argue with, though this is a very strong year! I used to love the McEwan, not sure what I'd think now
― rob, Friday, 23 July 2021 13:40 (two years ago) link
I've only read "Bonfire of the Vanities", "Bluebeard", and "Misery". I guess it would be "Bonfire". Shout out to "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency".
― o. nate, Friday, 23 July 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
i read The Door last year. loved it!
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 25 July 2021 10:21 (two years ago) link
The Door is great as are the Fitzgerald and Ondaatje but Beloved is on a different plane of existence entirely.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 25 July 2021 10:28 (two years ago) link
Um, I don’t see a Fitzgerald on this thread. Her name sister maybe.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
Oh! I always and so on and so forth
― Woolf & Stein 3d (wins), Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
Careful. There are some threads for that, although lately they seem to get mixed up as well
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 26 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
I meant Penelope Lively. Mea culpa. Moon Tiger is fantastic.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 26 July 2021 08:36 (two years ago) link
I read Beloved for my A-Levels and hated it. My choice is Ellroy for this year I think.
― Neil S, Monday, 26 July 2021 08:52 (two years ago) link
I've read Phlebas, Bonfire, The Child in Time and The Door. Phlebas would definitely have been a favourite once but perhaps no longer, Bonfire and The Child in Time were too long ago and The Door was fine, I get the love for it but I didn't lose myself in it.
― At Easter I had a fall. I don't know whether to laugh or cry (ledge), Monday, 26 July 2021 08:53 (two years ago) link
I considered The Child in Time, it's when McEwan still had that weird edge to his fiction that he later lost to much broader farce or dark comedy. It's a long time since I read it as well though, not sure it would hold up to a second reading.
― Neil S, Monday, 26 July 2021 08:57 (two years ago) link
You Must Remember This is great
― johnny crunch, Monday, 26 July 2021 13:43 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Both fair and expected.
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1988
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 10:23 (two years ago) link
Harry Mathews - Cigarettes
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 30 July 2021 12:40 (two years ago) link
Oh yeah that’s a good one.
― Tim, Friday, 30 July 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link