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The Castle by Franz Kafka

Written 1922, Translated by Mark Harman (c) 1998
9 tapes / 12 hours, Narrated by George Guidall
Recorded Books, Read 04/06/09, Blog 04/19/09

Goofy costumes, inexplicable behavior on the part of the locals, incomprehensible motives, concealed identities, and myriad Catch-22 rules- this is the black-and-white grandfather of the Swingin' Sixties Technicolor TV fantasy, "The Prisoner"; the only thing missing is Patrick McGoohan.

Afternoon Men by Anthony Powel

221 pgs, written 1931, Little, 1963
Broward Library Read: 03/15/09

Underemployed museum clerk, Atwater, and his restless Bohemian friends drink and carry on unsatisfactory love affairs in substandard clubs, at the parties of strangers, in the country, and abroad. This satire was written and takes place in England between the wars.