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John Crace's Digested Classics

John Crace's current job is to skewer British politics in the Guardian newspaper. In a former life he digested the classics and spewed out humorous and scathing reviews. I recommend you read his takedown of Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
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Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
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Howards End
Howards End
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
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The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
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Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
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Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
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To Have and Have Not (Ernest Hemingway)
To Have and Have Not (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
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Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
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Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
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Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
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Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
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The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote - 1958)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote - 1958)
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Right Ho, Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Right Ho, Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
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The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
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Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
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Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
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Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
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Love in a Cold Climate (Nancy Mitford)
Love in a Cold Climate (Nancy Mitford)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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A Question of Upbringing
A Question of Upbringing
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High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Claudine in Paris (Colette)
Claudine in Paris (Colette)
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Success (Martin Amis)
Success (Martin Amis)
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The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
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