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AnotherCat · 02-01-2019, 10:19 PM

Some time back I did a search of lists of the type "Best 100 Novels of the 20th Century" looking for additions to my "To Read" list. These three I have not read so, for me, their only known merit is that they appeared in such lists

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Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler, approx. 200 ADE pages. The breaking of a man tried for treason in a dictatorship he helped create, through to the making of his false confession.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkness_at_Noon

A Bend in the River, V. S Naipaul, approx. 260 ADE pages. The attempt and failure of the character establishing himself in the darkness of a post colonial African country fallen into endemic dislocation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bend_in_the_River

Appointment in Samarra, John O'Hara, approx. 190 ADE pages. A story of a man's self destruction over the course of three days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appointment_in_Samarra

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AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	Some time back I did a search of lists of the type "Best 100 Novels of the 20th Century" looking for additions to my "To Read" list. These three I have not read so, for me, their only known merit is that they appeared in such lists . Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler, approx. 200 ADE pages. The breaking of a man tried for treason in a dictatorship he helped create, through to the making of his false confession. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkness_at_Noon A Bend in the River, V. S Naipaul, approx. 260 ADE pages. The attempt and failure of the character establishing himself in the darkness of a post colonial African country fallen into endemic dislocation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bend_in_the_River Appointment in Samarra, John O'Hara, approx. 190 ADE pages. A story of a man's self destruction over the course of three days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appointment_in_Samarra Last edited by AnotherCat; 02-01-2019 at 10:28 PM.