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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

A New York reading list - part II

It's only just occurred to me that I have, over the past two or three years, read quite a few novels set in New York. Here's a short list of all the ones reviewed on this site:

Paul Auster The New York Trilogy
Frederic Beigbeder Windows on the World
Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's
Peter Carey Theft: A Love Story
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Paula Fox The Widow's Children; and Desperate Characters
Jonathan Lethem Motherless Brooklyn
Nicholas Rinaldi Between Two Rivers
Philip Roth The Plot Against America
Jonathan Safran Foer Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
James Siegel Detour; and Derailed
Betty Smith A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Dana Vachon Mergers and Acquisitions
Lauren Weisberger The Devil Wears Prada

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