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No contest. "Austerlitz" by W G Sebald. A hot candidate for the worst book ever written, where the field is very strong, and a favourite for the worst book ever published. They say Sebald was up for the Nobel prize when God saved the world and killed him - I can understand why; I would have done the same if I were almighty - which says much about the Nobel prize in recent years.
A good runner-up is probably "Wuthering Heights". I gave up on the book a few weeks ago, and last night I gave up on the film. Not even the combined talents of producer, director and screenwriter could find anything worth saying in the book.
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