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John Crace's Digested Classics - Page 2

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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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
41
Vladimir Nabokov
Bowles, Paul: The Sheltering Sky
Bowles, Paul: The Sheltering Sky
42
The Thief's Journal
The Thief's Journal
43
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
44
Sylvia Plath
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
45
Hermann Hesse
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
46
Raymond Chandler
Generation X (Douglas Coupland)
Generation X
47
Douglas Coupland
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
48
Jean Rhys
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
49
Baroness Orczy
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
50
Alan Sillitoe
More Pricks Than Kicks (Samuel Beckett)
More Pricks Than Kicks
51
Samuel Beckett
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
52
Saul Bellow
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
53
William Faulkner
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
54
John Wyndham
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
55
Ian Fleming
Junky (William S. Burroughs)
Junky
56
William S. Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
57
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Kim
Kim
58
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
59
Anita Brookner
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
60
Marcel Proust
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
61
Arthur Conan Doyle
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
62
Robert M. Pirsig
The Immoralists (Andre Gide)
The Immoralists
63
Andre Gide
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
64
Jeanette Winterson
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
65
Henry James
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
66
Tom Wolfe
Anna of the Five Towns (Arnold Bennett)
Anna of the Five Towns
67
Arnold Bennett
Atomised (Michel Houellebecq)
Atomised
68
Michel Houellebecq
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
69
Cormac McCarthy
Mr. Fortune's Maggot (Sylvia Townsend Warner)
Mr. Fortune's Maggot
70
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Call for the Dead (John Le Carré)
Call for the Dead
71
John Le Carré
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
72
Arthur Koestler
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
73
Edith Wharton
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
74
Irvine Welsh
Staying on (Paul Scott)
Staying On
75
Paul Scott
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
76
Milan Kundera
Candleford Green (Flora Thompson)
Candleford Green
77
Flora Thompson
The History Man (Malcolm Bradbury)
The History Man
78
Malcolm Bradbury
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
79
Iris Murdoch
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
80
John Fowles
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