John Kennedy O’Toole
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What I read in 2014: novels
Peter Kenny
Those lists of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century are maddening and fun. I usually score between 70-80. So, to better this, I read some titles that regularly crop up. As many of the lists are American the books are too. This year I filled in a few of the gaps. The Shining, Stephen King. My…
A Confederacy of Dunces, Albert Camus, Cannery Row, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and HIs Years of Pilgrimage, Graeme Simsion, Hangover Square, Harper Lee, Haruki Murakami, John Kennedy O’Toole, John Steinbeck, Julian Barnes, Kasuo Ishiguro, Marcel Proust, Of Mice and Men, Patrick Hamilton, Paul Bowles, Stephen King, Swann’s Way, Takashi Hiraide, The Fall, The Guest Cat, The Outsider, The Remains of the Day, The Rosie Project, The Sense of an Ending, The Sheltering Sky, The Shining, The Sound and The Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird, William Faulkner
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