鲁斯·伦德尔推荐的书

评语："I’m very fond of Tennessee Williams’ plays and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in the late 1970s we saw A Street Car Named Desire."

评语：I chose a ghost story partly because I thought no one else would; and also because the Victorians wrote the best stories and MR James the best of all. I edited a collection of his, so I know them very well. I don't, of course, believe in ghosts, yet reading one MR James story when I'm alone in the house still terrifies me. I hope it will frighten you but make you want to read more – "Casting the Runes" and "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas", as well as this one, the chilling tale of poor Mr Dennistoun and the demon.

评语："Ford Maddox Ford’s The Good Soldier is my favourite novel. I first read it in the 1950s and have read it about 20 times since. It’s possibly the best-constructed book in the English language."

评语："My choice isn't a new book, but it was reissued this year. I'm ashamed that I had never heard of Stoner by John Williams (Vintage) until I found it in a bookshop three months ago. I was stunned by it, it's so good. And yet very little happens in it excep

评语：“Henry James is in fashion. AN Wilson's A Jealous Ghost (Hutchinson) is a must for James admirers and everyone else who appreciates fine writing and an original story.”

评语：“Another hardcover but lighter, if only in weight, is Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down (Viking), his best novel to date and necessarily a fast read because impossible to put down. How can an examination of four people's anguish be so enthralling?”