Robert McCrum writes about skipping parts of books. I used to think this was a very bad thing indeed but now I believe life is too short to trudge through dull sections of literature. McCrum goes on to recommend three contemporary titles that benefit from skipping – Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Possession by AS Byatt and Freedom by Jonathan Franzen.
What other titles would you add to this list?
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Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
2nd for Atlas Shrugged