Deliverance by American poet James Dickey published. In 2001, the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
Frederick the Great - Nancy MitfordNancy Mitford ( 1904- 1973), novelist and biographer Nancy Mitford was born November 28, 1904 in London, England , part of an aristocratic family. She is one of the noted Mitford sisters, was an essayist in, and editor of, Noblesse Oblige (1956), in which
The French Lieutenant's WomanThe French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 novel by John Fowles. The plot concerns the love affair between a Victorian gentleman and a woman who has been jilted by a French officer, scandalizing the "polite society" of Lyme Regis. Fowles makes his plot inter - John FowlesJohn Fowles was born March 31, 1926 in Leigh-on-Sea, a small town in Essex, near London. He attended Bedford School and Oxford University, where he studied French. He then taught in France and Greece before becoming a full time novelist. He has also writt
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight - Jimmy BreslinJimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930) is a columnist who has appeared regularly in various newspapers in New York City, where he lives. On November 2, 2004 he retired as a regular columnist from Newsday but stated his intention to continue writing. He won
Great Lion of God - Taylor CaldwellJanet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell ( September 7, 1900 August 30, 1985) was a prolific and best-selling American author. Works of note include: The Devil's Advocate speculative fiction about a near-future totalitarian America A Pillar of Iron life of Ma
A Happy Death (La Mort heureuse) - Albert CamusAlbert Camus ( November 7, 1913 January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher and one of the principal luminaries (with Jean-Paul Sartre) of existentialism. Early years Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria to a French Algerian ( pied noir) set