• Question: What is your favourite book?

    Asked by elmo97 to Andrew, Marianne on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      anon answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez or possibly The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (Gentleman) by Laurence Sterne.

      The first book introduced me to magic realism which is a genre of book i’ve come to love (see Salman Rushdie, Louis de Bernieres as other examples) and the second is a cornucopia of amazing nonsense….

      Sterne talks at length in this book about the importance of a regal and impressively large nose to success in life and quotes a Dr Slawkenbergius as his source. You’ll note Andrewm has a fine nose on him. Perhaps explains his successful career.

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      Andrew Maynard answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Hi elmo97,

      probably The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy – a profoundly moving book! But close to the top of the list are:

      Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks
      The Fifth Element by Terry Pratchett
      The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott (mainly because this is what I’m reading at the moment!)

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      Marianne Baker answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Dune (+ 5 sequels) by Frank Herbert.
      Best sci-fi I’ve read (though I haven’t started on my pile of Isaac Asimov yet, to be fair).

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