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Disgrace by JM Coetzee

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in response to James Kylstra

What’s your all-time favorite novel? I’m just looking for the GOAT; I’m tired of reading books that lots of people like but no one really loves.

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This is my favorite book of all time. It might be the best book ever written? It’s completely powerful and incredible and genius. I get chills just thinking about it.

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3 months ago

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Corri

Corri

“I actually haven’t finished it yet. So far it’s quite provocative. I will update once I finish it.”

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Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith

“This is my favorite novel. It’s an unhappy and bleak examination of masculinity and male violence with post-apartheid South Africa as its backdrop. In someone else’s words, the book is “pitiless and errorless.” The prose is incredible, and the book has lived with me in the 17 years since I read it.”

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