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Suggestions: July 2009 Book of the Month

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Anamnesis said:
Re-nominating The Monk by Matthew Lewis
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This looks pretty good!

From Penguin.com.

Savaged by critics for its supposed profanity and obscenity, and bought in large numbers by readers eager to see whether it lived up to its lurid reputation, The Monk became a succès de scandale when it was published in 1796 – not least because its author was a member of parliament and only twenty years old. It recounts the diabolical decline of Ambrosio, a Capuchin superior, who succumbs first to temptations offered by a young girl who has entered his monastery disguised as a boy, and continues his descent with increasingly depraved acts of sorcery, murder, incest and torture. Combining sensationalism with acute psychological insight, this masterpiece of Gothic fiction is a powerful exploration of how violent and erotic impulses can break through the barriers of social and moral restraint.
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AquaBlue said:
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
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from penguin.com

Following the astonishing success of his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey wrote what Charles Bowden calls "one of the few essential books written by an American in the last half century." This wild-spirited tale tells of a bitter strike that rages through a small lumber town along the Oregon coast. Bucking that strike out of sheer cussedness are the Stampers. Out of the Stamper family's rivalries and betrayals Ken Kesey has crafted a novel with the mythic impact of Greek tragedy.
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This could be good.

This is a good sign. The hardcover first edition on Amazon.com starts at $145.
 
Robert said:
from penguin.com



This could be good.

This is a good sign. The hardcover first edition on Amazon.com starts at $145.
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Or you can get this one:

Sometimes a Great Notion:D

and..
beer good said:
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
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Jorge Luis Borges has been called the greatest Spanish-language writer of our century. Now for the first time in English, all of Borges's dazzling fictions are gathered into a single volume, brilliantly translated by Andrew Hurley.
From his 1935 debut with The Universal History of Iniquity, through his immensely influential collections Ficciones and The Aleph, these enigmatic, elaborate, imaginative inventions display Borges's talent for turning fiction on its head by playing with form and genre and toying with language. Together these incomparable works comprise the perfect one-volume compendium for all those who have long loved Borges, and a superb introduction to the master's work for those who have yet to discover this singular genius.
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Libra said:
I am sure if you searched better,you would find it much much cheaper at Abe books.;)
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That depends on what you're looking for. If I settled for a paperback copy, then I'm sure I get a copy for pennies. If we settle on this book for botm, I'll find a copy at the right price even if I have to (god forbid) go to the library.
 
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