The Fiction Faction - Books discussed by the group
Elizabeth Baines
 

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

Auster
, Paul The Brooklyn Follies (2005), Fabers
Ballard
, JG Crash (1973)
Ballard
, JG The Kindness of Women, (1991)
Banville
, John The Sea (2005), Picador
Banville
, John The Book of Evidence (1989), Picador
Barbery
, Muriel The Elegance of the Hedgehog (2006), Gallic Books
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
Burgess
, Anthony A Clockwork Orange (1962), Penguin
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)
Carter, Angela Nights at the Circus (1984), Picador
Coetzee,
J M Disgrace (2000), Vintage
Conrad
, Joseph Heart of Darkness (Penguin)
Coupland
, Douglas Generation X (Abacus), 1991
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
Didion
, Joan Play It as It Lays (1970), Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Doctorow
, E L Homer and Langley (2009) Little, Brown
Eggers
, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000), Picador
Enright
, Anne The Gathering, (2007)
Faber
, Michel Under the Skin (2000), Canongate
Fallada, Hans Alone in Berlin (1946), Penguin
Fitzgerald
, F Scott The Great Gatsby (1925), Penguin
Fitzgerald, F Scott Tender is the Night (1934) (various editions)
Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections (2002), Fourth Estate
Garner, Helen The Spare Room (2009), Canongate
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
Hyland
, M J Carry Me Down (2006), Canongate
Ishiguro
, Kazuo Never Let Me Go (2005) Fabers
James
, Henry The Turn of the Screw (1989), Oxford World Classics
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
Larsson
, Stieg, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005), Quercus
Levi
, Primo
If This is a Man (1947), Abacus
Levy, Andrea Small Island (2003)
McCarthy
, Cormac Blood Meridian (1989). Picador
McCarthy, Cormac The Road (2006) Picador
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
Miller
, Andrew Ingenious Pain (1997), Sceptre
Mills
, Magnus The Restraint of Beasts (1998)
Mitchell, David Cloud Atlas (2004) Sceptre
Moore,
Brian The Colour of Blood (1988)
Morrison
, Toni Beloved (1987), Virago
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 In the Skin of a Lion (1987), Picador
Ondaatje
, Michael Anil's Ghost (2000), Bloomsbury
Pamuk
, Orhan Snow (2004), Fabers
Pierre
, DBC Vernon God Little (2003), Fabers
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar (1963) Fabers
Proulx
, E Annie Postcards (1992)
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
Swift
, Graham Waterland (1983), Picador
Timm
, Uwe The Invention of Curried Sausage (1993), New Directions
Toibin
, Colm Brooklyn (2009), Viking
Tomasi di Lampedusa
, Giuseppe The Leopard (1958), Vintage
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
Vonnegut, Kurt Player Piano (1952), Dial Press
Waugh
, Evelyn Scoop (1938), Penguin
Waters
, Sarah Affinity
(1999), Virago
West, Nathanael The Day of the Locust (1939), Penguin
Winton
, Tim Cloud Street Picador
Yates
, Richard Revolutionary Road (1961), Methuen
Zahavi, Helen Dirty Weekend (1991), Flamingo

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