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BBC Believes Reading 6 of These Books Is Better Than 6 Minute Abs - Page 3

The list is actually titled "100 Years, 100 Novels, One List" and was compiled by Dick Meyer, author of "Why We Hate Us". He says: "I am not a learned or prolific reader of novels. My taste is probably medium-brow, male and parochial in many ways." Do you agree this is a classic old white male book list?
With apologies to "There's Something About Mary".
(Meyer previously served as Executive Producer for the BBC's news services in America.)
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Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
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Evelyn Waugh
The Blood of the Lamb (Peter De Vries)
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Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
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The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
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Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
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The Sunlight Dialogues (John Gardner)
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The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy
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Seize the Day (Saul Bellow)
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Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
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Deliverance (James Dickey)
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The Bird Artist
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City Boy (Herman Wouk)
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
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Advise and Consent (Allen Drury)
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The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
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Mario Puzo
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
The History of Love
100
Nicole Krauss
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