re: Tell us about a book!!!
The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway is really good - Its a set of short stories, the best being the Kilimanjaro one. They're highly pessimistic pieces though, and often deal with death and the pointlessness of life. I was only able to read about half the stories...and then I got too depressed :D
Now I need an "upper" novel.