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still here- thanks very much everyone for your book suggestions- the 
ones i heard of i know are quality, the ones i havent im sure are 
too. (by the way i have enough now so no more please!)
	 but just quickly, we did a course on dante last year and studied 
some joyce. and yes dubliners is very good- but it has a hell (ha ha) 
of a lot in common structurally and thematically with dante's 
inferno, and since the translations are generally pretty 
straightforward and praiseworthy, you might appreciate dubliners in a 
different way by reading dante first.
	i somehow fooled many of you (or you were just being nice) by 
thinking i was well read. what a joke! i have neither read much not 
read many canonical works (not that the latter means anything in the 
real world anyway) but some good books i read recently and not so 
recently are: the shipping news, by e annie proulx; steinbeck's works 
(though i only read a couple as yet), the great gatsby, and a trilogy 
of books by mervyn peake respectively called titus groan, 
gormenghast, and titus alone. (the last is a bit crap). theyre all 
gothic/ realist and absolutely brilliant.
	right i really am going now
	 see you later crocodile
alex

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