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The English Teacher Looks at Really Strange Fiction and Drama and Goes WTF WAS THAT? - Page 2

Our maverick English Teacher looks at some wonderfully original examples of literature and comes up 100+ books and plays that are really strange. This does not mean that they are bad; on the contrary, many of them are considered classics of their kind. In content, approach, attitude, and execution, however, they are all...you know...weird.
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The Hungry Moon (Ramsey Campbell)
The Hungry Moon
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Ramsey Campbell
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
42
Anna Kavan
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
43
Italo Calvino
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
44
In the Dark (Richard Laymon)
In the Dark
45
Richard Laymon
In Watermelon Sugar (Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
46
Brautigan
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
47
David Foster Wallace
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
48
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Jonathan L. Howard)
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
49
Jonathan L. Howard
Kaspar and Other Plays (Peter Handke)
Kaspar and Other Plays
50
Peter Handke
The Keep (F. Paul Wilson)
The Keep
51
F. Paul Wilson
The Killer (Ionesco)
The Killer
52
Ionesco
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
53
Robert W. Chambers
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
54
Last Year at Marienbad (Robe-Grillet)
Last Year at Marienbad
55
Robe-Grillet
Leaving Las Vegas (John O'Brien)
Leaving Las Vegas
56
John O'Brien
Lenz (Georg Buchner)
Lenz
57
Georg Buchner
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
58
Don Delillo
Lives of Monster Dogs (Kirsten Bakis)
Lives of Monster Dogs
59
Kirsten Bakis
The Lost Ones (Samuel Beckett)
The Lost Ones
60
Samuel Beckett
Ludwig's Room (Hotschnig)
Ludwig's Room
61
Hotschnig
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiri Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof
62
Jiri Weil
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
The Mezzanine
63
Nicholson Baker
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
64
Matthew Lewis
Motel Chronicles
Motel Chronicles
65
Murphy (Beckett)
Murphy
66
Beckett
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
67
William S. Burroughs
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
68
Lafferty
Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho (Samuel Beckett)
Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho
69
Samuel Beckett
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
70
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
71
Virginia Woolf
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
72
Jerzy Kosinski
Past Master (Lafferty)
Past Master
73
Lafferty
Repetition (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
Repetition
74
Alain Robbe-Grillet
The Robbers and Wallenstein (Friedrich Schiller)
The Robbers and Wallenstein
75
Friedrich Schiller
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
76
Yukio Mishima
The Secret Meaning of Things (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
The Secret Meaning of Things
77
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Shadowland
Shadowland
78
Silent Terror/Killer on the Road (James Ellroy)
Silent Terror/Killer on the Road
79
James Ellroy
Slapstick (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slapstick
80
Kurt Vonnegut
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