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Originally Posted by citanul
Kavalier and Clay
The Corrections
Atonement
Saturday
White Teeth
On Beauty
Kafka on the Shore
American Gods
Middlesex*
Empire Falls*
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Never Let Me Go
* - have not read myself.
Of these, I have read The Corrections and Empire Falls.
I must say, before I read it, I heard about the brewhaha over the Oprah book club thing and thought that Franzen sounded like he had been taken out of context, and I bought the book out of interest more in the author than in the book. When I got it, I saw that PR photo of Franzen inside the jacket and I immediately wanted to
hate the book. I mean, it is the most pretentious, douchebaggy, stereotypical elitist author photo you can imagine.
The book was ****ing gripping. I literally could not put it down, read it in two sittings.
Empire Falls was also good but did not knock me over. I did manage to read this one before the HBO mini series came out, and if I had seen the mini series first I probably wouldn't have bothered with the book. The book was much better than the mini series IMO.
Infinite Jest has been on my wishlist for several years. I'm not sure what to make of DFW. I guess I need to get into it first hand instead of worrying about it.