KeenOwl rated Less Than Zero (Picador Books): 5 stars
Less Than Zero (Picador Books) by Bret Easton Ellis
Set in Los Angeles in the early 1980's, this coolly mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait of a lost …
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KeenOwl rated The Songlines: 3 stars
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Follow Chatwin on his journey into the 'Red Centre' of Australia. Part autobiography, part story, part history, part anthropology. Teaches …
KeenOwl rated A month in the country: 4 stars
A month in the country by J. L. Carr
A Month in the Country is the fifth novel by J. L. Carr, first published in 1980 and nominated for …
KeenOwl rated The Aeneid: 3 stars
The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro
The Aeneid ( ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aenē̆is [ae̯ˈneːɪs] or [ˈae̯neɪs]) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and …
KeenOwl rated Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead: 2 stars
KeenOwl rated American Pastoral: 4 stars
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
As the American century draws to an uneasy close, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified greatness that is …
KeenOwl rated Austerlitz: 3 stars
KeenOwl rated George Eliot: 4 stars
KeenOwl rated If on a Winter's Night a Traveler: 3 stars
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingly back to …
KeenOwl rated Invisible cities: 4 stars
Invisible cities by Italo Calvino (Harvest/HBJ book)
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but …
KeenOwl rated Half of a Yellow Sun: 3 stars
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A masterly, haunting new novel from a writer heralded by The Washington Post Book World as “the 21st-century daughter of …
KeenOwl rated Housekeeping: 2 stars
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Housekeeping is a 1980 novel by Marilynne Robinson. The novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and …
KeenOwl rated The New York Trilogy: 2 stars
KeenOwl rated I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: 3 stars
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
She was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As little children they were sent to live …
