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American Beauty.- Edna Ferber

All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque

Night and the City - Gerald Kersh

Dark Rivers of the Heart - Dean Koontz

Quoting from the flyleaf "in 1765.....the East India Company ceased to be a conventional international trading corporation dealing in silks and spices and became an aggressive colonial power". I found William Dalrymple's narrative gripping. And disturbing.

The Mirror and the Light - Hilary Mantel

The Painted Lady - Christopher Brookmayne

The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

A Room With a View - E M Forster

This novel held my interest until about two thirds of the way through when I started to get rather bored: the hometown chapters were for me more involving.

Any chance of these posts being placed in 21st century fiction? Having just got to the Dublin chapter (s) I was interested in other responses but any mention of the novel was difficult to locate.

Chris Hammer: I really admired his Scrublands (deservedly awarded) but not quite as taken with Silver published last autumn.

Normal People, Sally Rooney

Terry Jones at the age of 78 last week. Not.just a Python....

The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo