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All of his I've read have been good, but my favourite was The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Two completely disparate strands come together, a bit like The Bridge by Iain Banks.

 

I read 'The Wasp Factory' when it first came out, around thirty years ago, and loved it. However, I seem to remember giving up on 'The Bridge' for some reason or other. I may give it another go though.

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I'm currently halfway through book 3 of 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (2Q84) at the mo, and really enjoying it.

Murakami keeps mentioning 'A la recherche du temps perdu' by Proust in his novel, so I've just bought that to read next. A bit daunting at over 3,000 pages but, having said that, it's only two thirds as long as all the Harry Potter books. Having had a quick look, it seems quite readable. Never read any Harry Potter.

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Less than 300 words? That is short! :o:hihi:

 

Haha woops!

 

---------- Post added 25-11-2015 at 10:03 ----------

 

Now onto Watchers by Dean Koontz, definitely recommend if you like gore and a bit of horror! This is the first of his books I've read and I'm definitely getting more.

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Ah The Wasp Factory! I actually recommended this to somebody a couple of weeks ago. Definitely worth a read, very dark humour. The Crow Road is the only other Iain Banks book I've read but that is also very good.

 

Currently re-reading Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell. Have also just bought Stephen King's new short stories collection 'Bazaar of Bad Dreams' which I'm looking forward to.

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