ROSCOE -William Kennedy

If you want to understand how a U.S political machine works read this.  Brilliant banter, very funny, one of those books you don't want to end 

THE DAY OF THE LOCUST -Nathanael West

Hollywood has always eaten its own.. A novel about some players on the edge of the entertainment business.  It's short, some humorous lines but I'm struggling to understand the raving you see about it.  

THE VALLEY OF FEAR -Sir Arthur Conan Dole

The last of the four Holmes novels.  Very ordinary, the best thing about it  is the cover on this pulp edition
 

ZORBA THE GREEK -Nikos Kazantzakis

Some interesting views on life but I found it got a bit tedious after a while.
 

THE BRIDGE OVER THE DRINA - Ivo Andric

 

Fictionalized history set over 400 hundred years where a Serbian bridge is the catalyst for these tales about the  townspeople, religions and the wars that occurred in the area.

The bridge is still standing and still used today

A riveting read 

THE MASTER AND MARGARITA- Mikhail Bulgakov

The devil comes down to Moscow....

A remarkable book.  I'm not usually a fantasy reader but the fantasy element here allowed the author to mock the Soviet leadership without getting carted off and shot.

Highly recommended.