Who recommends it
- Tim KasherInterview
Sure, I also love Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth, Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson, Lawd Today! by Richard Wright, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion and…
- Alun CochraneInterview
Well, whilst we are on Irvine Welsh I should also doff my cap to How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman. The short stories of JD Salinger. Tenth Of December by George Saunders, I thought fantastic but I’ve been slow on getting to his new one. Anything by Jonathan Franzen, Chuck Palahniuk.
- Helen PhillipsInterview
The Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka. Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin. The Stories of Kelly Link. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill. Tenth of December by George…
- Daniel RigbyInterview
Anything written by George Saunders. Especially his collections of short stories: Pastoralia, Tenth of December, CivilWarLand In Bad Decline etc. One of the funniest writers I’ve ever read. And one of the bleakest.
Often recommended alongside
The Handmaid’s Tale
Slaughterhouse-Five
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