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John
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The Rachel Papers (Paperback) by Martin Amis |
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recommended for: people who have seriously considered poetry as a career, arrogant youths
read in February, 2005 
John said:
"Amis's semi-autobiographical first book. Surprisingly different than his other stuff--although the ubiquitous Obnoxious Structure is on display here (the main character has to spin his wheels in present tense for a while at the start of every chapte...more
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John
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House of Meetings (Hardcover) by Martin Amis |
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recommended for: self-loathing Russophiles, Amisheads
read in October, 2007
John said:
"A triangular love affair with the classic Amis triangle: the forceful psychopath, the gentle object of his "protection" and "scorn", and the woman who makes pretty bad decisions all around. It worked better in London Fields, Succ...more
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| October 11 | ||
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A House for Mr. Biswas (Paperback) by V.S. Naipaul |
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recommended for: any old person
read in August, 2007
John said:
"They do not write this sort of thing anymore, or at least not this hilariously. Mr. Mohun Biswas, perpetually homeless or living off of the charity of others, spends his entire life looking for a house for himself and his family. That's about it fo...more
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John
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London Fields (Paperback) by Martin Amis |
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recommended for: anyone
read in January, 2005
John said:
"Martin Amis is a jerk, and this is the book of a jerk, and it is a great book. Set in some kind of nebulous post-1990s beset by total ecological collapse (ash-scented air, carnivorous pigeons), the plot centers around a love triangle between Keith t...more
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John
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Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility) by Yukio Mishima |
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recommended for: anyone
read in July, 2005
John said:
"First part of a four-part series involving the decline of traditional Japanese values. The plot centers on Kiyoaki, a young aesthete nobleman in the 1910s, scheming to sleep with a refined young thing among cherry blossoms, wall scrolls, and impendi...more
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John
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A New History of Torments (Hardcover) by Zulfikar Ghose |
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recommended for: any old person
read in October, 2007
John said:
"Madness--one of the only books I've ever read that doesn't have a conscious intention behind it, some irritating moral message or point of view. Narrative for the point of narrative plus lesbian cannibals.
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