Written Reviews

Imre Kertész: Fatelessness

July 6, 2008

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s 1975 novel Fatelessness.

J.M. Coetzee: Disgrace

July 6, 2008

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize winning Disgrace, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

J.G. Farrell: The Siege of Krishnapur

July 4, 2008

Trevor reviews J.G. Farrell’s 1973 Booker Prize winning novel, The Siege of Krishnapur, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Philip Roth: The Ghost Writer

July 4, 2008

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s 1979 novel, The Ghost Writer.

Ivan Turgenev: First Love

July 3, 2008

Trevor reviews Ivan Turgenev’s 1860 novel, First Love, translated from the Russian by Isaiah Berlin.

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