submitted for approval of the midnight society:

chris.

my darling, erudite friend (who i've known for almost a decade). the playwright, novelist, book enthusiast extraordinaire. if he's not too busy writing his damned novel, i am considering adding him to balance out the pi lovers/pi haters. here is his current Favourites List. as you'll notice, there's no winfrey-lovin' going on.

1. HOUSE OF LEAVES; mark z. danielewski
2. DHALGREN; samuel r. delany
3. GORMENGHAST TRILOGY; mervyn peake
4. THE MAGUS; john fowles
5. STILL LIFE WITH WOODPECKER; tom robbins
6. ON THE ROAD; jack kerouac
7. THE GREAT GATSBY; f. scott fitzgerald
8. A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD; michael cunningham
9. TROPIC OF CANCER; henry miller
10. JUSTINE; lawrence durrell
11. IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT A TRAVELER; italo calvino
12. SIDDHARTHA; hermann hesse
13. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING; milan kundera
14. THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST; tom wolfe
15. NIGHTSPAWN; john banville