To discuss and recommend authors and books from the 20th century in general.
A few great modern authors that come to mind and who’s works I’m quite familiarized are Albert Camus, Vladimir Nabokov, F Scott Fitzgerald, Jorge Luis Borges and even though they are still alive and publishing Mario Vargas Llosa (his older works are fantastic) and Kazuo Ishiguro (haven’t read Ishiguro yet, but i have “never let me go” on my reading list)
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Try one of Haruki Murakami's books, they're best described as 'gentle'. I've read many and all are delightful. Start here, maybe: "Underground" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Underground-Tokyo-Attack-Japanese-Psyche/dp/0099461099/ - a lot of people would jump straight to the award-winning "Norwegian Wood" but, as Clive James once said, "the most accessible parts of things are not necessarily those at the edges"
If you want a more rollicking tale, try the exposé of Elizabeth Holmes Theranos empire "Bad Blood" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Blood-Secrets-Silicon-Startup-ebook/dp/B07BW911F7/ I found it riveting, the sheer breathtaking level of fraud.
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Underground is quite good, though, being more of an investigative reporting book, it isn't terribly indicative of his writing style in his fiction works. I quite liked The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, though I'd be lying if I said I totally got it. Norwegian Wood is probably my favorite of Murakami's, though.
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