Written Reviews

Jeffrey Eugenides: The Virgin Suicides

July 11, 2008

Trevor reviews Jeffrey Eugenides’s 1993 debut novel, The Virgin Suicides.

Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day

July 10, 2008

Trevor reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize winning novel The Remains of the Day, his own pick for the Best of the Booker.

Peter Carey: Oscar and Lucinda

July 9, 2008

Trevor reviews Peter Carey’s Booker Prize winning Oscar and Lucinda, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Pat Barker: The Ghost Road

July 8, 2008

Trevor reviews Pat Barker’s Booker Prize winning The Ghost Road, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Nadine Gordimer: The Conservationist

July 7, 2008

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer’s The Conservationist, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

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