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Post by Viced on Jul 11, 2019 21:01:45 GMT
My current to-read stack is a pile of big old clunkers... need to break that up with some shorties.
Anyone have any favorites or solid recent reads under 250 pages? or maybe 225.......
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 11, 2019 21:59:18 GMT
Shopgirl by Steve Martin (130 pages) -- A bittersweet coming-of-age comedy about three people terrified of adulthood. If you've seen the movie (starring Martin, Claire Danes and Jason Schwartzman), it wasn't quite as good but faithfully captured the tone of this book.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (182 pages) -- A hilarious parody of whodunit stories that subtly morphs into an interrogation of the American Dream, as sixteen amateur sleuths seek to make sense of the world's strangest will. Written for children but no less rewarding for that. Come for the comedy, stay for the heartbreak. This is arguably my favorite novel of all time.*
*Arguably, because Madame Hoo is a character that exists and for a book that sets about creating stereotypes and then subverting them, this one fails hard with this one character. A minor gripe in an otherwise brilliant piece.
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 12, 2019 0:00:25 GMT
Epitaph for a Tramp (170p) by David Markson, this one is your style
On Directing Film by Mamet (100p)
classics to (re?)read -
Notes from Underground (130p)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (170p)
The Stranger (130p)
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Post by Viced on Jul 12, 2019 1:11:03 GMT
On Directing Film by Mamet (100p) I think that took me 6 months to get through, lol. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2019 2:07:10 GMT
Don't know what you've read, but of my favorites Lord of the Flies comes to mind.
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 12, 2019 2:08:44 GMT
On Directing Film by Mamet (100p) I think that took me 6 months to get through, lol.  |
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Post by Deceit on Jul 26, 2019 22:50:48 GMT
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
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Post by stephen on Jul 27, 2019 12:53:30 GMT
Anything by James Sallis. He is a master of writing short, stiletto-like prose.
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Post by jimmalone on Jul 28, 2019 11:15:59 GMT
"The Royal Game" by Stefan Zweig is an incredible piece of work.
"The Quiet American" by Graham Greene.
Also: Basically every novel by Georges Simenon.
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