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In reply to the discussion: Do you have a favorite "obscure" 20th Century novel/novelist? [View all]yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)87. Re: Shirley Jackson have you read her funny stuff?
Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons are about raising her large family in a drafty old house in Vermont.
I am not one to re-read books but I've probably read these at least a dozen times since I discovered them at 12.
And YES she did die way too young.
I love Anne Rice but my favorite is the Mayfair Witches series.
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A good friend of mine, who was a professional writer, knew Michael Shea very well
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#42
Ross Thomas aka Oliver Bleek. Writer of mystery/political thrillers/spy novels/conmen
TeamPooka
Oct 2019
#11
Carson McCULLERS: Reflections in a Golden Eye; Heart/Lonely Hunter; Member/Wedding
UTUSN
Oct 2019
#22
Have not read it, but I'll see if I can order it from the library...It sounds great!
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#40
Not really "obscure" but "Confederate General from Big Sur" by Richard Brautigan
MatthewHatesTrump2
Nov 2019
#50
Not sure if it qualifies as "obscure" if he won the Nobel Prize for Literature
GumboYaYa
Nov 2019
#62