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10) Kafka On The Shore
11) Line of Beauty

Murakami and Hollinghurst provided much of the latest nuance and lyricism. There is no contest as the Nipponese novel is a ribald and regal testament to the tacit meditation of being in an antagonistic world. The Booker winner was, conversely, a rhapsody both onanistic and indulgent. Perhaps Hollinghurst has made a novelistic manifestation of the blogosphere.

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