Further to what Eyeblink says above, I've just finished Carson McCullers' "The heart is a lonely hunter", which is excellent. What amazes me is that she was just 20 when she wrote it!! Didn't know they'd made it into a film, but can see how it would lend itself to that media. Have already bought another book by her, but am currently reading "Mao: the unknown story" by Chang and Halliday, which is very long and detailed and will probably take me months!