Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1989

My first reaction to seeing that title was literally "hey, didn't Nick Cave lift that for a thing of his?", lol.

The Melancholy Of Resistance is the only Krasznahorkai I've read and I'm voting for it because it's really good. It was close though, because the Saramago's a beaut also.

I remember reading the Bolaño on the bus and desperately trying to hold it in a such a way that no one could see what I was reading.

Reading Mein Kampf and shaking my head the whole time so the people on the bus know I disagree with it

— Kafka, Esq. (@metalgearobama) December 30, 2020

I've read "Clear and Present Danger" (read this when I was much younger - not great literature, but a fast-paced thriller with extra military hardware porn), "London Fields" (I liked this and the misanthropic sarcastic perspective a lot when I read it, probably due for a re-read), and "Remains of the Day" (just finished this a few weeks ago, enjoyable). Tough to decide, since it's been so long since I've read "London Fields".

Voted Climbers which is like if you removed the gnosticism from Course of the Heart and replaced it with rock climbing

REMAINS OF THE DAY

I've only read three of these and the only one that stuck with me is the Bolano, so I'll toss my vote its way.

Keith Talent ftw

Darts, Keith.

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really getting into the blockbuster shtick authors now -- Clancy, RL Stine, Mary Higgins Clark. for people who want to read the exact same book 50 times.

people who want to read the exact same book 50 times

I think Conan Doyle inadvertently started this trend with Sherlock Holmes. Doyle wearied of it pretty fast, but Agatha Christie saw the size of the audience and grabbed for it unashamedly.

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Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1990