| 1 | Kurt Vonnegut | Breakfast of Champions | 
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| 2 | J G Ballard | Crash | 
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| 3 | Graham Greene | The Honorary Consul | 
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| 4 | Martin Amis | The Rachel Papers | 
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| 5 | Richard Brautigan | The Abortion: A Historical Romance | 
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| 6 | J G Ballard | Vermilion Sands | 
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| 7 | William S Burroughs | Port of Saints | 
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| 8 | William Trevor | Elizabeth Alone | 
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| 9 | Anthony Powell | Temporary Kings | 
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| 10 | John Irving | The 158-Pound Marriage | 
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