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Little Big - John Crowley A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving The Unbearable Lightness of being - Milan Kandura

Finished it but it fell away a bit towards the end. Still worth reading. Depressed me because of details of tragic, dysfunctional little lives that exist all over the developed world Moved onto Baudolino by Eco which was a real page turner! One per day.....

Vernon God Little, DBC Pierre, last Years Booker Winner. Half way through and I am thoroughly depressed.

ah, sory, didn't fully read previous post. New here....

Courtesans and Fishcakes - the consuming passions of classical Athens. by James Davidson. Fascinating insight into the lives (and appetites!) of people of the time..... John.

The Watermethod Man by John Irving

Just finished Dead Calm by Iain Banks, reading Rogue States by Noam Chomsky, what a screwed up world we live in! John.

That's the one, thanks a lot. Recent reads of Paul Auster, John McGahern and Iain Banks. Will take a look around the forum. Thanks again J.

Hi, new to the forum. I am trying to remember the name of a book I read some years ago. About a man shipwrecked on a Mediterranean island. Locals put him on trial for being an athiest and book develops into a discussion of values of local church man and the athiest. Also a sub plot about a...