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The Crimson Petal and the White
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The Death of Vishnu
If you want a novel which wilfully mystifies far-off places to make the middle classes think...
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The Doctor is Sick
Diagnosed with a brain tumour, and given a year to live, Burgess set himself the task of...
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Cloud Atlas
It's easy to praise Cloud Atlas: partly because so many others have; partly because...
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Kalki
James Kelly wants to bring about the end of the world. In the guise of Kalki, the final avatar...
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Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
Robert Louis Stevenson spent the last few years of his life on a Samoan island. Like many...
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Nostromo
The province of Sulaco, convulsed by the revolution which has engulfed the Latin-American state...
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Laughing Gas
Earl Reginald "Reggie" Havershot, dispatched to America against his will in order to save his...
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Norwegian Wood
Three friends, Toru, Naoko and Kizuki, have all reached seventeen years of age; Kizuki will...
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The Dice Man
Luke Rhinehart is not content. His job as a psychiatrist is driving him crazy, at odds with his...
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