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The Elementary Particles

The Elementary Particles

Michel Houellebecq, Frank Wynne

A great blast of "depressive lucidity," as Houellebecq explores how sex and technology have failed to liberate humanity -- but might work for post-humanity. I enjoyed its cool cynicism...more »

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Decline and Fall

Decline and Fall

Evelyn Waugh

Waugh's first novel isn't a critical favorite, but I like it: there's a lightness and innocence about it that transforms into something else in Waugh's later work, when he has a greater...more »

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Washington, D.C: A Novel (Narratives of Empire).

Washington, D.C

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal may be a cold-eyed critic of our national follies, but I find his characters in this, the first of historical novels, surprisingly sympathetic, for all their faults. Vidal...more »

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