Written Reviews

Ross Macdonald: The Zebra-Striped Hearse

April 20, 2016

This week, The Library of America has released their second volume of Ross Macdonald books: Three Novels of the Early 1960s. The first in the volume is The Zebra-Striped Hearse, featuring Macdonald’s empathetic PI Lew Archer. Trevor reviews that book and looks forward to these LOA volumes. Read the full post.

Blutch: Peplum

April 19, 2016

Today, the new imprint New York Review Comics, is publishing Edward Gauvin’s translation of Blutch’s 1996 graphic novel Peplum, a strange venture into the mystical brutality of ancient Rome. Read the full post.

The 2016 Best Translated Book Award Shortlist

April 19, 2016

The Best Translated Book Award shortlist has been announced! Read the full post.

The Criterion Collection Announces July 2016 Releases

April 18, 2016

Today The Criterion Collection announced what it will be releasing in July 2016. Read the full post.

2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner

April 18, 2016

The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been announced. Read the full post.

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