CaptainYoYo rated Meridiano de sangre: 4 stars
Meridiano de sangre by Cormac McCarthy
An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of …
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CaptainYoYo rated Homicide: 5 stars
Homicide by Simon, David
The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed or bludgeoned to death. At the centre …
CaptainYoYo rated Ready Player One: 4 stars
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Ernest Cline (duplicate) (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, …
CaptainYoYo rated Ishmael: 4 stars
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and …
CaptainYoYo rated A Million Little Pieces: 4 stars
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
"The most lacerating tale of drug addiction since William S. Burroughs' Junky." --The Boston Globe"Again and again, the book delivers …
CaptainYoYo rated Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: 4 stars
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a 1971 novel …
CaptainYoYo rated Heart of Darkness: 3 stars
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River …
CaptainYoYo rated Choke: a novel: 4 stars
Choke: a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, Chuck Palahniuk
Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, …
CaptainYoYo rated World War Z: 4 stars
World War Z by Max Brooks
An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of …
CaptainYoYo rated The complete Persepolis: 4 stars
The complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
From inside front cover: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a ... loving family in …
CaptainYoYo rated Watchmen: 4 stars
CaptainYoYo rated Catch-22: 4 stars
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth …
CaptainYoYo rated Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest: 5 stars
Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Peter Fish (Barron's book notes)
A guide to reading "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the …
CaptainYoYo rated Life of Pi: 3 stars
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only …
