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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
5.0

This book ranks 45 out of 100 of the best books via BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml). It's a coming of age type of book except that the main character is looking back at his youth. When we look back at our younger selves, we see the things we did differently through our older selves. The people he hung out with, the things he did, the love he had for his friends gives you so much to think about.

I read this book with a "Banned" book club group. This story gave us so much to talk about. It took me about halfway through or at least to Part Two of the book to really get into it. There are some subtle pieces of information that if you catch them early on makes the rest of the story, and the ending make more sense.