| 1 | Thomas Pynchon | The Crying of Lot 49 | 
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| 2 | Charles Portis | Norwood | 
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| 3 | William S Burroughs | The Soft Machine | 
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| 4 | John Barth | Giles Goat-Boy | 
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| 5 | Graham Greene | The Comedians | 
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| 6 | Kurt Vonnegut | Mother Night | 
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| 7 | Anthony Powell | The Soldier's Art | 
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| 8 | William Trevor | The Love Department | 
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| 9 | William H Gass | Omensetter's Luck | 
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| 10 | Walker Percy | The Last Gentleman | 
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| 11 | Richard Farina | Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me | 
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| 12 | Harry Mathews | Tlooth | 
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| 13 | Kingsley Amis | The Anti-Death League | 
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