Lolita - Nabokov
and
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Murakami
avoided Lolita for years due to inverted snobbery.... and some weird anti-Sting/Police thing.
Oh - if you like 'Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy', you
must get Douglas Adams' 'Dirk Gently' books. 2 of them, and his best character creation of all.
http://www.amazon.com/Dirk-Gentlys-H.../dp/0671746723
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Dark-Tea-..._bxgy_b_text_b
Long dark tea-time of the soul..... genius, i tell you.