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Pure Pleasure: The 20th Century's Most Enjoyable Books (John Carey) - Page 2

These 50 titles were selected from columns written for The Sunday Times by English professor and critic John Carey, and published by Faber in 2000. They are in chronological order.
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Death of a Naturalist (Seamus Heaney)
Death of a Naturalist
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Frog Prince (Stevie Smith)
Frog Prince
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Stevie Smith
Crow: From the Life and Songs of Crow (Ted Hughes)
Crow: From the Life and Songs of Crow
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Ted Hughes
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden
44
Ian McEwan
Unreliable Memoirs (Clive James)
Unreliable Memoirs
45
Clive James
The Rabbit Quartet (John Updike)
The Rabbit Quartet (John Updike)
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Collected Poems of Philip Larkin (Philip Larkin)
Collected Poems of Philip Larkin
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A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
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The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Unconsoled
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Last Orders (Graham Swift)
Last Orders
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Graham Swift
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