Please name two of your most favorite books.
Confusion: Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (first part of the Gormenghast trilogy), because of the wonderful flowing prose.The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche, because once I truly understood the full text of aphorism 125 (The Madman, with the famous line 'God is dead'), I felt liberated. It's an extremely powerful aphorism and 'God is dead' is a poor summary.