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Scoop-Evelyn-Waugh
Scoop is a 1938 novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh. It is a satire of sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondents.
William Boot, a young man who lives in genteel poverty, far from the i ...
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Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow
Ragtime is a novel by E. L. Doctorow, published in 1975.[1] It is a work of historical fiction mainly set in the New York City area from 1902 until 1912.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Ragtime nu ...
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Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth
Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 American novel by Philip Roth.[2] Its success turned Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, inc ...
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Point Counter Point - Aldous Huxley
Point Counter Point is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1928.[1] It is Huxley's longest novel, and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction.[1]
In 1998,[2] the Modern ...
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Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional poet John Shade, with a foreword, lengthy commentary and index wri ...