The Fiction Faction - Books discussed by the group
Elizabeth Baines
 

Alain-Fournier, Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), Penguin Classics
Atwood
,
Margaret Surfacing
(1972), Virago

Ballard
, JG Crash (1973)
Banville
, John The Sea (2005), Picador
Barker
, Pat Double Vision (2003), Penguin
Barry, Sebastian The Secret Scripture (2008), Fabers
Bowles
, Paul The Sheltering Sky (1949), Penguin
Boyle
, T Coraghessan The Tortilla Curtain (1995), Bloomsbury
Bradbury, Malcolm Doctor Criminale (1992), Picador
Burn
, Gordon Alma Cogan (1991)
Camus, Albert The Outsider (1942), Penguin
Capote, Truman In Cold Blood (1965), Penguin
Carey
, Peter True History of the Kelly Gang (2000), Fabers
Carey, Peter Jack Maggs (1997)
Coetzee, J M Disgrace (2000), Vintage
Crace
,
Jim
Arcadia (1999), Picador

Cunningham
, Michael The Hours (1998) Fourth Estate
DeLillo
, Don White Noise (1985), Picador
DeLillo
, Don Falling Man (2007), Picador
Diaz, Junot The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2008), Fabers
Eggers
, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000), Picador
Enright
, Anne The Gathering, (2007)
Faber
, Michel Under the Skin (2000), Canongate
Fitzgerald, F Scott The Great Gatsby (1925), Penguin
Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections (2002), Fourth Estate
Gordimer, Nadine The Pickup (2001), Bloomsbury
Grant, Linda The Clothes on Their Backs (2008) Virago
Greene, Graham The Quiet American (1955), Penguin
Greene, Graham Travels With My Aunt (1969) Vintage
Guterson
, David, Our Lady of the Forest (2003), Bloomsbury
Haddon
, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
Hamid, Mohsin The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), Penguin
Hammett
, Dashiell The Maltese Falcon (1930), Orion
Houellebecq,
Michel Atomised (1999), Vintage
Housseini
, Khaled The Kite Runner (2003), Bloomsbury
Hughes
, Richard A High Wind in Jamaica (1929), Vintage
Ishiguro
, Kazuo Never Let Me Go (2005) Fabers
Johnston
, Jennifer How Many Miles to Babylon? (1974), Penguin
Kadare, Ismail Chronicle in Stone (1971), Canongate
Karnezis, Panos The Maze (2004), Vintage
Lahr
, John The Autograph Hound (1972) Methuen
Langley
, Lee Changes of Address (1987) Flamingo
Levi
, Primo
If This is a Man (1947), Abacus
Levy, Andrea Small Island (2003)
McGregor
, Jon If Nobody speaks of Remarkable Things (2002), Bloomsbury
McEwan, Ian Atonement (2001), Viking
Martel, Yann Life of Pi (2002), Canongate
Michaels, Anne Fugitive Pieces (1997) Bloomsbury
Mills
, Magnus The Restraint of Beasts (1998)
Mitchell, David Cloud Atlas (2004) Sceptre
Moore,
Brian The Colour of Blood (1988)
Murakami
, Haruki A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) Viking
Nabokov, Vladimir, Laughter in the Dark (1938) Penguin
Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita (1959), Penguin
Naipaul,
VS
A Bend in the River
(1979), Picador
O'Neill, Joseph Netherland (2009), HarperPerrenial
Ondaatje, Michael Anil's Ghost (2000), Bloomsbury
Pamuk
, Orhan Snow (2004), Fabers
Pierre
, DBC Vernon God Little (2003), Fabers
Puig, Manuel Kiss of the Spiderwoman (1976), Vintage
Roth
, Joseph The String of Pearls (1937), Granta
Roth
, Philip The Human Stain (2001), Vintage
Safran Foer
,
Jonathan
Everything is Illuminated (2002), Penguin
Saramago, Jose Blindness (1995), Harvill
Schlink, Bernhard The Reader (1997), Phoenix
Sebald
, WG Austerlitz (2001) Penguin
Selby Jr
, Hubert Last Exit to Brooklyn (1957), Bloomsbury
Shields
, Carol Happenstance (1991), Flamingo
Smith, Ali The Accidental (2006), Penguin
St Aubyn
, Edward Mother's Milk (2006), Picador
Timm
, Uwe The Invention of Curried Sausage (1993), New Directions
Trapido,
Barbara Frankie and Stankie (2003), Bloomsbury
Trevor, William The Story of Lucy Gault (2002), Penguin
Trollope
, Anthony The Warden (1855), Penguin
Tyler, Anne The Accidental Tourist (1985), Vintage
Updike, John Rabbit, Run (1960), Penguin
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse 5 (1970), Viking
Waugh, Evelyn Scoop (1938), Penguin
Waters
, Sarah Affinity
(1999), Virago
Yates, Richard Revolutionary Road (1961), Methuen

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