swap_horiz Faserland Alternatives

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Journey to the End of the Night

Louis-Ferdinand Celine’s *Journey to the End of the Night* chronicles the experiences of Bardamu, a former soldier adrif...

French Satire 20TH Century Dark

9.3 Excellent

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Simplicissimus

Simplicissimus, penned by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen in 1669, is a significant German picaresque novel. I...

German Satire 17TH Century Thirty Years War

9.2 Excellent

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The Family of Pascual Duarte

The Family of Pascual Duarte is a 1942 Spanish novel by Camilo José Cela, notable as the founding work of tremendismo in...

Spanish Satire 20TH Century Crime

8.6 Great

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The Little Golden Calf

The Little Golden Calf is Ilf and Petrov's 1931 Soviet satirical picaresque, reviving con man Ostap Bender after The Twe...

Russian Satire 20TH Century Sequel

8.6 Great

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Portnoy's Complaint

Philip Roth’s *Portnoy’s Complaint* offers a candid, confessional narrative following Alexander Portnoy’s exploration of...

American Satire 20TH Century Confessional

8.5 Great

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The Sot-Weed Factor

The Sot-Weed Factor is John Barth's 1960 picaresque satire of colonial Maryland and the poet Ebenezer Cooke, marking his...

American Satire 20TH Century Historical

8.4 Great

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Confessions of Felix Krull

Thomas Mann’s *Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man* is a German novel published in 1954. It tells the story of Fe...

German Classic Satire 20TH Century

8.4 Great

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The Dog of the South

The Dog of the South is Charles Portis's 1979 comic road novel, following Ray Midge from Arkansas toward Belize in pursu...

American Comic Satire 20TH Century

8.2 Great

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Death on Credit

Death on Credit is Louis-Ferdinand Celine's 1936 French novel, a prequel to Journey to the End of the Night centered on...

French Satire 20TH Century Dark

8.2 Great

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Hasta no verte Jesús mío

Hasta no verte Jesús mío is a 1969 Mexican testimonio novel by Elena Poniatowska, based on Josefina Bohórquez as Jesusa...

Satire 20TH Century Mexican Testimonial

8.1 Great

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Solomon Gursky Was Here

Solomon Gursky Was Here is Mordecai Richler's 1989 Canadian novel, tracing a fictional dynasty through the Franklin Expe...

Canadian Satire 20TH Century Family Saga

8.1 Great

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Illywhacker

Illywhacker is Peter Carey's 1985 Australian novel, a Booker-shortlisted picaresque narrated by liar and confidence man...

Satire Australian 20TH Century Postmodern

8.1 Great

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Sandro of Chegem

Sandro of Chegem is Abkhaz author Fazil Iskander's Russian-language picaresque cycle, published in the West in 1979-1981...

Classic Satire 20TH Century Episodic

8.1 Great

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The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare is Arto Paasilinna's 1975 Finnish picaresque, following journalist Vatanen as he abandons city life...

Comic Satire 20TH Century Road

7.9 Good

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Raw Material

Raw Material is Jorg Fauser's 1984 West German autobiographical novel, a cult account of Harry Gelb's addiction and coun...

German Modern Satire 20TH Century

7.4 Good

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The Flying Inn

The Flying Inn is G. K. Chesterton's 1914 comic satire, following Humphrey Pump and Patrick Dalroy as they evade England...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

7.1 Good

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Mott the Hoople

Mott the Hoople is Willard Manus's 1966 comic novel about Norman Mott, best known for giving its name to the British roc...

American Comic Satire 20TH Century

6.2 Fair

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Mitte 1

Mitte 1 is Albrecht Behmel's 2013 German comic novel, the second Mitte episode satirizing post-reunification Berlin's bo...

German Contemporary Satire 21ST Century

5.8 Mediocre

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Homo Sapiens Berliner Art

Homo Sapiens Berliner Art is Albrecht Behmel's 2012 German comic novel, opening his Mitte series about artists in post-r...

German Modern Satire 20TH Century

5.7 Mediocre

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Mitte 2

Mitte 2 is Albrecht Behmel's 2014 German comic novel, the third Mitte episode, moving its Berlin bohemian farce toward M...

German Contemporary Satire 21ST Century

5.7 Mediocre