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The Twelve Chairs (European Classics)
Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov
Northwestern University Press, 1997
A cutting satire
+ Ho-ho
+ The Twelve Chairs and the movies
+ Feast of Bellylaughs
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Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian
W. W. Norton & Company, 1990
Addicted to Aubrey - Maturin
+ Master and Commander
+ Fantastic read
+ Worthy of reading again and again ...
+ A Good Introduction (an Introduction Nevertheless)
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The Collector (Back Bay Books)
John Fowles
Back Bay Books, 1997
an engrossing haunting book.
+ Amazing Work Of Literature
+ The Collector is superb!!!
+ fascinating
+ YOU WON'T DARE OPEN YOUR MOUTH ... BUT YOU'LL BE SCREAMING FOR HER TO ESCAPE!
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Neuromancer
William Gibson
Ace, 1984
Lives up to the hype
+ Still Good After All These Years
Okay, now I understand what all the fuss is about. Gibson creates a vivd and engrossing world, entirely believable despite being so fantastic, and does so with a daring, sharp prose style that makes no apologies for bowling forward and leaving slow readers behind. He never holds you by the hand. ...
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 1998
Quite the story, you just can't walk away from it.
+ Chronicle of the Lost
+ Weird but engaging
I just finished reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, I stayed up too late several nights in a row because I couldn't put it down. Sometimes scary and haunting but altogether very beautifully written and very true to the human situation.
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The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
Vintage, 1996
A extraordinary novel
+ The Devil Went Down to Moscow
+ READ THIS!
+ A GIFT FROM THE GRAVE
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Almost Transparent Blue
Ryu Murakami
Kodansha International, 2003
surprisingly good
+ Beautiful
+ Observations, experiences and reflections
+ May be more than you bargained for...which could be good or bad
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In the Miso Soup
Ryu Murakami
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
good thriller
+ More than just gore
+ Thriller that reflects on the meaning of loneliness
+ DELiCiOUSLY DARK!
+ A Walk On The Wild Side
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage, 2007
books for deep thinkers
If you are a deep thinker, you might want to try Rumi & Self Psychology (Psychology of Tranquility.
In addition, you might want to try Sara's Therapy: The Way to Purity. A session by session dialogue of a client who went through the self actualization and self growth processes.
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The Magus
John Fowles
Back Bay Books, 2001
Yes.
+ he should have left it alone
+ Where's the rest of the story?
+ The Magus
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Bangkok Haunts
John Burdett
Knopf, 2007
Police Procedural - Thai Style
+ more Thai stories
+ ACCURACY IN BANGKOK
Thailand, poverty stricken and seething with mysticism, is the brilliant setting for this police procedural - Thai style. When mesmerizing prostitute Damrong becomes the star of a well produced snuff film, Detective Sonchai Jitplecheep calls in his farang (westerner) friend - "almost" lover ...
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Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2002
sputnik sweethearrt
+ Lonely but Lucky
+ like a chrome-plated Alice
This is a really really good novel.I highly recommend it. The story is about a triangle relationship. It's really cool.
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Heart of a Dog
Mikhail Bulgakov
Grove Press, 1994
An Analysis of "Heart of a Dog"
+ Hilarious, sarcastic look at Soviet life
+ Heart of a Dog--Revolution or Evolution?
+ russian masters
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American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage, 1991
This Is NOT An Exit
+ Not for the queasy readers
'American Psycho' is a satire of the 1980's (among other subjects) centered around narrator Patrick Bateman who is the yuppie-to-end-all-yuppies. Though the humor is as dark as possible, it's true to Ellis and true to the story. I cannot find any failure whatsoever with this book. For readers who ...
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Bangkok 8: A Novel
John Burdett
Vintage, 2004
A HODGEPODGE OF INGENUITY!
+ Bangkok fan
+ Sonchai's debut
Forget about whether or not this book accurately depicts Bangkok life, or is slanted by the misconstrued vision of the author. After all, it is not a travelogue, it is a work of fiction first and foremost. And it is a work of fiction of extreme ingenuity. The writer is highly talented. He is ...
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