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A delightfully subversive romp that drags a stuffy retiree out of his garden and into a world of joyful, unapologetic chaos. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Travels with my aunt.
- liberating
- eccentric
- sun-drenched
- chaotic
- 01
Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene
A sun-drenched, cynical romp through the absurdities of espionage, where fabricated lies become dangerous realities.
- 02
The heart of the matter
Graham Greene
A sweltering, guilt-soaked descent into the agonizing trap of human pity and moral compromise.
- 03
The Loved One
Evelyn Waugh
A razor-sharp, sun-drenched descent into the absurdly sanitized business of American death.
- 04
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
A feverish, hallucinatory descent into the mind of a man drinking himself to death under the shadow of looming mountains and impending war.
- 05
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
A lush, heartbreaking elegy for a golden youth and a decaying aristocratic world.
- 06
At Bertram's Hotel
Agatha Christie · 2006
A perfectly preserved slice of Edwardian luxury where the tea is hot, the muffins are buttered, and the guests are hiding deadly secrets.
- 07
Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway
A sun-drenched, slow-burning meditation on the wilderness, the thrill of the chase, and the art of writing.
- 08
The driver's seat
Muriel Spark · 1970
A razor-sharp, deeply unsettling descent into the mind of a woman seizing terrifying control of her own destruction.
- 09
The Accessible Aunt
Vanessa Gray
A sparkling, witty traditional Regency where the sensible, overlooked spinster aunt accidentally becomes the object of the season's most eligible bachelor's affection.
- 10
Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier · 1936
A windswept, dread-soaked gothic romance where the bleak Cornish moors hide dangerous men and dark secrets.
- 11
Journey Into Fear
Eric Ambler · 1940
A tense, atmospheric descent into paranoia where an ordinary man is stripped of his familiar world and hunted in the shadows of a global conflict.
- 12
Less
Andrew Sean Greer
A sparkling, globe-trotting comedy of errors about outrunning heartbreak and accidentally stumbling into grace.
