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John Crace's Digested Classics

John Crace's current job is to skewer British politics in the Guardian newspaper. In a former life he digested the classics and spewed out humorous and scathing reviews. I recommend you read his takedown of Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
1
Virginia Woolf
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
2
E.M. Forster
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
3
Evelyn Waugh
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
4
George Orwell
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
5
Albert Camus
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
6
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
7
Joseph Conrad
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
8
Kingsley Amis
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
9
Franz Kafka
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
10
Daphne Du Maurier
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
12
Graham Greene
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
13
Thomas Mann
To Have and Have Not (Ernest Hemingway)
To Have and Have Not
14
Ernest Hemingway
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
15
Thomas Pynchon
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
16
Françoise Sagan
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
17
Jay McInerney
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
18
James Joyce
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
19
J. K. Rowling
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
20
Voltaire
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
21
Anna Sewell
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
22
John Buchan
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
23
Aldous Huxley
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
24
D.H. Lawrence
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote - 1958)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
25
Truman Capote - 1958
Right Ho, Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Right Ho, Jeeves
26
P. G. Wodehouse
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
27
W. Somerset Maugham
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
28
Laurie Lee
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine
29
Lawrence Durrell
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
30
Philip Roth
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
31
Muriel Spark
Love in a Cold Climate (Nancy Mitford)
Love in a Cold Climate
32
Nancy Mitford
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
33
J.D. Salinger
A Question of Upbringing
A Question of Upbringing
34
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
35
Nick Hornby
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
36
William Golding
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
37
James Joyce
Claudine in Paris (Colette)
Claudine in Paris
38
Colette
Success (Martin Amis)
Success
39
Martin Amis
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
40
Ford Madox Ford
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