Fiskadoro
By: Denis Johnson
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hailed by the New York Timesas "wildly ambitious" and "the sort of book that a young Herman Melvill…
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1. Fat City
By: Leonard Gardner
4.02
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Fat City is a novel about the indestructibility of of hope, the anguish and comedy of the human con… read more
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- american
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"Profoundly moved, he kissed the lax waiting mouth with exquisite unhappiness."-Leonard Gardner, Fat City
"At times as he lay in bed listening to her breathing, a fear came over him that after marriage death was the next major event."-Leonard Gardner, Fat City
"He felt the guilt of inaction, of simply waiting while his life went to waste. No one was worth the gift of his life, no one could possibly be worth that. It belonged to him alone, and he did not des…"-Leonard Gardner, Fat City
"Out in the fog, weary, yet buoyant from the drinks, his mind dulled along with his aches and his energy returning, Tully was free of the sense of impending ordeal that had been with him for weeks. He…"-Leonard Gardner, Fat City
2. The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
By: Philip Roth
3.91
Format: 361 pages, Paperback
It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a… read more
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"Niente dura, e nondimeno niente passa. E niente passa proprio perché niente dura."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"Tanta istruzione, e non serve a nulla. Nulla può isolare dal più infimo livello del pensiero."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"موته كان خلاصها.الموت تدخل ليبسط كل شيء.كل شك،كل ريبة،كل الهواجس أزيحت جانبا على يد ذلك المستخف الأعظم بهم جميعا،الذي هو الموت."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
3. The Recognitions
By: William H. Gass , William Gaddis
4.20
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural cri… read more
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- literature
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- american
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"Women get desperate, but they don't understand despair."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"That fever had passed; but for the rest of his life it never left his eyes."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
4. The Last Picture Show
By: Larry McMurtry
4.00
Format: 280 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is one of McMurtry's most memorable novels - the basis for the film of the same name. Set in a… read more
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"Hurry up and get changed, and don't call my daughter a bitch again.' 'No promises,' Lois said. 'You know what she's doing as well as I do, Gene. She doesn't give a damn about Sonny, she just wants to…"-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show
"You have to remember that I've been lonely for a long time. Loneliness is like ice. After you've been lonely long enough you don't realize you're cold, but you are... I don't know, maybe at the cente…"-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show
"Is growin' up always miserable?" Sonny asked. "Nobody seems to enjoy it much." "Oh, it ain't necessarily misearble," Sam replied. "About eighty percent of the time, I guess." They were silent again, …"-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show
5. Dog Soldiers
By: Robert Stone
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse th… read more
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- literature
- novels
- fiction
6. The Plot Against America
By: Philip Roth
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This may be alternative history, but it is chillingly and convincingly realistic in its portrayal. … read more
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- american
- literature
- fiction
- science fiction
- novels
7. Child of God
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more
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- literature
- novels
- american
- fiction
8. I Married a Communist (The American Trilogy, #2)
By: Philip Roth
3.74
Format: 296 pages,
I Married a Communistis the story of the rise and fall of Ira Ringold, a big American roughneck who… read more
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9. Fiskadoro
By: Denis Johnson
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hailed by the New York Timesas "wildly ambitious" and "the sort of book that a young Herman Melvill… read more
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- american
- post apocalyptic
- literature
- dystopia
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10. The Quick and the Dead
By: Joy Williams
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Misanthropic Alice is a budding eco-terrorist; Corvus has dedicated herself to mourning; Annabel is… read more
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- literature
- novels
- american
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11. Solenoid
By: Mircea Cărtărescu
3.59
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
,,Vreau sa scriu o dare de seama despre anomaliile mele. In viata mea obscura, in afara oricarei is… read more
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12. The Zebra-Striped Hearse
By: Ross Macdonald
4.22
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-t… read more
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13. The Crow
By: James O'Barr
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
Eric has returned from the dead, driven only by hate and the need to wreak revenge on those who kil… read more
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14. Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littín
By: Gabriel García Márquez , None
3.88
Format: 383 pages,
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15. Cathedral
By: Raymond Carver
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
Raymond Carver's third collection of stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, including the cano… read more
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16. Leviathan
By: Paul Auster
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy) opens Leviathanwith the tearin… read more
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17. Portnoy's Complaint
By: Philip Roth , Luca Marinelli
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
The famous confession of Alexander Portnoy, who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexualit… read more
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18. Water Music
By: T. Coraghessan Boyle , James R. Kincaid
3.94
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
T.C. Boyle's riotous first novel, now in a new edition for its 25th anniversary Twenty five years a… read more
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19. Sabbath's Theater
By: Philip Roth
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Sabbath's Theateris a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero… read more
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20. Outer Dark
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
A woman bears her brother's child, a boy, the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he… read more
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21. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.58
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more
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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
