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The Bluffer's Guide to Literature - Michael Kerrigan - Page 5

The "Bluffer's Guide" is a series of short, sarcastically witty guidebooks that enable a Bluffer to give the impression that they are an expert in something highly valued.... like, say, literature.
Michael Kerrigan wrote this one. It's a bit of an idiosyncratic list of books: a lot of prose, a lot of poetry, a smattering of plays, and some diehard books on literary theory right at the end, so you look really clever. Where just an author's name was mentioned, I chose a representative book.
The topics are: Britain, the United States, Post-War, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Rest of the World, a diversity section (1980s-level), and Critical Theory.
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161
The Mosquito Coast (Paul Theroux)
The Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux
162
The City and the Pillar (Gore Vidal)
The City and the Pillar
Gore Vidal
163
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
Don Delillo
164
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
Joyce Carol Oates
165
Foreign Affairs (Alison Lurie)
Foreign Affairs
Alison Lurie
166
Illumination Night (Alice Hoffman)
Illumination Night
Alice Hoffman
167
Collected Poems of Philip Larkin (Philip Larkin)
Collected Poems of Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
168
Collected Poems (Thom Gunn)
Collected Poems
Thom Gunn
169
Poems (Donald Davie)
Poems
Donald Davie
170
Weep Before God (John Wain)
Weep Before God
John Wain
171
Collected Poems (Kingsley Amis)
Collected Poems
Kingsley Amis
172
Collected Poems of Ted Hughes
Collected Poems of Ted Hughes
173
The New Poetry (A. Alvarez)
The New Poetry
A. Alvarez
174
Death of a Naturalist (Seamus Heaney)
Death of a Naturalist
Seamus Heaney
175
Fieldwork (Seamus Heaney)
Fieldwork
Seamus Heaney
176
Station Island (Seamus Heaney)
Station Island
Seamus Heaney
177
The Haw Lantern (Seamus Heaney)
The Haw Lantern
Seamus Heaney
178
Autumn Journal: A Poem (Louis Macneice)
Autumn Journal: A Poem
Louis Macneice
179
Radio Plays (Louis Macneice)
Radio Plays
Louis Macneice
180
The Great Hunger (Patrick Kavanagh)
The Great Hunger
Patrick Kavanagh
181
Collected Poems (Derek Mahon)
Collected Poems
Derek Mahon
182
A State of Justice (Tom Paulin)
A State of Justice
Tom Paulin
183
The Strange Museum (Tom Paulin)
The Strange Museum
Tom Paulin
184
Liberty Tree (Tom Paulin)
Liberty Tree
Tom Paulin
185
The Riot Act (Tom Paulin)
The Riot Act
Tom Paulin
186
Meeting the British (Paul Muldoon)
Meeting the British
Paul Muldoon
187
Why Brownlee Left (Paul Muldoon)
Why Brownlee Left
Paul Muldoon
188
Quoof (Paul Muldoon)
Quoof
Paul Muldoon
189
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (Craig Raine)
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
Craig Raine
190
The Electrification of the Soviet Union (Craig Raine)
The Electrification of the Soviet Union
Craig Raine
191
Arcadia (Christopher Reid)
Arcadia
Christopher Reid
192
Partingtime Hall (James Fenton & John Fuller)
Partingtime Hall
James Fenton & John Fuller
193
Dangerous Play: Poems 1974-1984 (Andrew Motion)
Dangerous Play: Poems 1974-1984
Andrew Motion
194
Our Western Furniture (James Fenton)
Our Western Furniture
James Fenton
195
Collected Poems (Geoffrey Hill)
Collected Poems
Geoffrey Hill
196
Collected Poems (Tony Harrison)
Collected Poems
Tony Harrison
197
Selected Poems (Jeremy Reed)
Selected Poems
Jeremy Reed
198
Ukulele Music (Peter Reading)
Ukulele Music
Peter Reading
199
Stet (Peter Reading)
Stet
Peter Reading
200
News for Babylon (James Berry)
News for Babylon
James Berry
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