Rick, I think you had another, unacknowledged senior moment above when you attributed Moby Dick to Conrad.

For me it's a toss-up between Catch-22 and Cat's Cradle, by Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut respectively. Oh, and Huckleberry Finn by some guy named Clemmins. Best book in the last few years, Angela's Ashes.

--seed