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Underrated American Lit
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Wise Blood: A NovelWise Blood: A Novel by Flannery O'Connor
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Flannery O'Connor's absolute masterpiece.
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the LocustMiss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
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A pair of brilliant novellas... Miss Lonelyhearts is close to perfect.
Pylon: The Corrected TextPylon: The Corrected Text by William Faulkner
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Faulkner's best non-Yoknapatawpha novel and one of his top five best.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Fawcett Premier Book)Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Fawcett Premier Book) by Stephen Crane
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This edition contains Crane's two best novels. Deh moon looks like hell...
Redburn: His First Voyage, Being the Sailor-Boy, Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-Gentleman, In the Merchant Service (Penguin English Library)Redburn: His First Voyage, Being the Sailor-Boy, Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-Gentleman, In the Merchant Service (Penguin English Library) by Herman Melville
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Interesting novel, with a gay subtext (?)
Buffalo SoldiersBuffalo Soldiers by Robert O'Connor
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Stunning contemporary novel. Be all you can be.
Running DogRunning Dog by Don DeLillo
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Probably DeLillo's best. The man is a genius.
End ZoneEnd Zone by Don DeLillo
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DeLillo's take on the apotheosis of the death-system.
McTeagueMcTeague by Frank Norris
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Norris out-naturalized the Naturalists. Wonderful.
American PsychoAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
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A metatext on the art of narration in fiction... Unforgettable. Disturbing.