"Conrad and His Contemporaries" biography by J. H. Retinger
"Lucky Jim" a novel by Kingsley Amis
"Our Kind Of People: The Story Of An American Family" biography by Jonathan Yardley
Jonathan Yardley
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"The First Circle" a novel by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
"The One-Handed Pianist And Other Stories" by Ilan Stavns
"The Next American Essay" essays Edited by John D'Agata
"Wickford Point" a novel by John P. Marquand
"Greasy Lake & Other Stories" by T. Coraghessan Boyle
"Visitors" A novel by Anita Brookner