Written Reviews

Tobias Wolff: Old School

July 8, 2009

Trevor reviews Tobias Wolff’s 2003 novel, Old School.

Philip Roth: Exit Ghost

July 4, 2009

Trevor reviews the last of Roth’s Nathan Zuckerman novels, Exit Ghost.

Michal Ajvaz: The Other City

June 30, 2009

Trevor reviews Michal Ajvaz’s The Other City, translated from the Czech by Gerald Turner.

César Aira: How I Became a Nun

June 26, 2009

Trevor reviews César Aira’s How I Became a Nun, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Hugo Wilcken: Colony

June 22, 2009

On the recommendation of John Self, Trevor reads Hugo Wilcken’s Colony.

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