| 1 | John Kennedy Toole | A Confederacy of Dunces | 
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| 2 | John Le Carre | Smiley's People | 
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| 3 | Umberto Eco | The Name of the Rose | 
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| 4 | John Calvin Batchelor | The Further Adventures of Halley's Comet | 
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| 5 | William Trevor | Other People's Worlds | 
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| 6 | William Kotzwinkle | Jack in the Box | 
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| 7 | Michael Curtin | The Self-made Men | 
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