Category: Satire

A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Becks Amongst a backdrop of dystopian violence is a story about good and evil and the right to human freedom.  ⚑ “I was left a wee bit traumatised after reading A Clockwork Orange in 6th Form English and so was…

Category: Classic literature, Dystopian, Satire

The Sellout – Paul Beatty

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON In a bid to reinstate his hometown on the map, the narrator in this American satire initiates the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school. ➤ “I honestly started this book with an open mind. It’s…

Category: Booker Prize, Literary fiction, Satire, US fiction

A Severed Head – Iris Murdoch

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo A 1961 satirical novel about marriage, adultery and deception within a group of civilised and educated people © “The characters in this book are unpleasant, their morals questionable and their actions immoral, Martin Lynch-Gibbon especially. “But that is the beauty of the novel….

Category: Classic literature, Satire, UK author

A Fraction Of The Whole – Steve Toltz

Posted on September 15, 2008 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON From his prison cell, Jasper Dean tells the unlikely story of his scheming father Martin, his crazy Uncle Terry and how the three of them upset – mostly unintentionally – an entire continent. ♥ “Raucously funny, A Fraction Of The Whole had me…

Category: Booker Prize, Satire

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