A Dance to the Music of Time, Volume 2: Summer
6 Books Similar to A Dance to the Music of Time, Volume 2: Summer
Lucky Jim
Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic British & Irish Fiction, Humorous Stories, Love Stories, Single Men, Surrealist Literary Criticism
Decline and Fall
Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits,… Continue Reading Posted in: English Literature, Fiction, Upper Class
You Can’t Win
The favorite book of William Burroughs. A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographies of Organized Crime, Biography, Librarians, Organized Crime True Accounts, Thieves
Brideshead Revisited
Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcome the attentions of its eccentric,… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Fiction In English, LGBT Classic Fiction, LGBT Literary Fiction, Male Friendship
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