by Frederick Buechner (1980)
Godric by Frederick Buechner is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures."
Nadine Gordimer
The Lying Days is a celebrated work by Nadine Gordimer (Nobel Laureate, Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Roddy Doyle
The Commitments is a celebrated work by Roddy Doyle (Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Doris Lessing
This is the story of a band of bourgeois young revolutionaries living in a London squat and united by a loathing of the waste and cruelty they see in the city around them.