what should I read?

[anthony osborne]

'Ulysses' is definitely worth reading ... and, in a sense, where it all began.  That Joyce, boy, could he write.
Apart from that, everything by William Burroughs, particularly 'Naked Lunch' and the original cut-up trilogy ('The Soft Machine', 'The Ticket That Exploded' and 'Nova Express'). Both the Joyce and Burroughs very influential on Mr Pynchon, as was William Gaddis.
Jean Genet and Louis-Ferdinand Celine are two of the greatest and most singular writers . 
>From an Anglocentric viewpoint, J.G. Ballard and the long-gone but not forgotten B.S. Johnson are particular favourites of mine, and there are a couple of newish British writers who have picked up a trick or two from Pynchon - James Flint and Andrew Crumey.

Regards
Anthony Osborne
London
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