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Life & Times of Michael K

*Life & Times of Michael K* is a 1983 novel by South African author J.M. Coetzee that won the prestigious Booker Prize....

20TH Century Political South African Journey

9.26 Excellent

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The Obscene Bird of Night

The Obscene Bird of Night is a 1970 novel by the Chilean writer José Donoso, widely regarded as a masterpiece of Latin A...

20TH Century Experimental Chilean Grotesque

9.08 Excellent

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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

"The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis" is a novel by the Portuguese author and Nobel laureate José Saramago, originally...

Satire 20TH Century Historical Portuguese

9.06 Excellent

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Moscow to the End of the Line

"Moscow to the End of the Line" (Moskva-Petushki) is a Russian prose poem written by Venedikt Erofeev in 1969. The narra...

Travel Russian Satire 20TH Century

9.05 Excellent

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Money: A Suicide Note

"Money: A Suicide Note" is a 1984 satirical novel by British author Martin Amis. The narrative follows John Self, a hedo...

Satire 20TH Century Rogue British

9.02 Excellent

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Earthly Powers

"Earthly Powers" is a panoramic novel by British author Anthony Burgess, published in 1980. Narrated by the aging homose...

Satire 20TH Century Historical British

9.01 Excellent

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The Kingdom of This World

"The Kingdom of This World" is a 1949 historical novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier that chronicles the Haitian Revo...

Cuban 20TH Century Episodic Historical

8.91 Great

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The Seven Madmen

The Seven Madmen is a 1929 novel by Argentine writer Roberto Arlt that centers on an inventor named Remo Erdosain as he...

20TH Century Crime Urban Argentine

8.89 Great

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The Liar

The Liar is a comic picaresque novel written by English actor and author Stephen Fry, published in 1991. The narrative f...

Comic 20TH Century British Campus

7.89 Good

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Inside Mr. Enderby

"Inside Mr. Enderby" is a picaresque comic novel written by British author Anthony Burgess and published in 1963. It int...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

7.86 Good

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The Hippopotamus

The Hippopotamus is a 1994 comic novel by British author Stephen Fry. The protagonist is Ted Wallace, a washed-up, alcoh...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

7.63 Good

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Under the Net

Under the Net, published in 1954, was the debut novel by Irish-British philosopher and writer Iris Murdoch. Set primaril...

Classic Comic 20TH Century British

7.44 Good

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The Doctor Is Sick

The Doctor Is Sick is a comic novel written by Anthony Burgess and published in 1960. The story follows Edwin Spindrift,...

Comic 20TH Century Urban British

7.22 Good

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The Fan Man

The Fan Man is a 1974 comic picaresque novel by American author William Kotzwinkle. The book is narrated in the erratic,...

American Comic 20TH Century Urban

7.11 Good

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The Good Companions

The Good Companions is a 1929 novel by English writer J. B. Priestley. Its picaresque story brings together people from...

Travel Theater Comic 20TH Century

7.05 Good

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The Howling Miller

The Howling Miller is a 1981 novel by Finnish writer Arto Paasilinna. It follows Gunnar Huttunen, a newcomer who restore...

Comic Satire 20TH Century Finnish

6.79 Fair

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The Flying Inn

The Flying Inn is a 1914 novel by the English writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Its plot follows Patrick Dalroy, an Irish...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

6.52 Fair

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Ben, in the World

Ben, in the World is a 2000 novel by Doris Lessing and a sequel to The Fifth Child. It follows Ben Lovatt after he leave...

Satire 20TH Century British Journey

5.91 Mediocre

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Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Rub-A-Dub-Dub is Robert Wringham's 2023 Scottish comic picaresque about a railway worker whose self-care experiment begi...

Travel Comic Satire 20TH Century

5.64 Mediocre

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Ten Men

Ten Men is a 2005 British novel by Alexandra Gray. It is structured as an episodic first-person account in which an Engl...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

5.45 Mediocre