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Trevor Berrett

Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Kevin Vennemann: Close to Jedenew

January 11, 2018March 4, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Keven Vennemann’s 2005 novella, Close to Jedenew, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin.

Categories Book Reviews, Kevin Vennemann Tags 2000s, 2005, German 7 Comments

Bernard Malamud: The Fixer

November 3, 2017February 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Bernard Malamud’s 1966 novel The Fixer, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Categories Bernard Malamud, Book Reviews Tags 1960s, 1966, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize 11 Comments

Jayne Anne Phillips: Lark & Termite

November 3, 2017February 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jayne Anne Phillips’ 2009 novel, Lark and Termite.

Categories Book Reviews, Jayne Anne Phillips Tags 2000s, 2009 13 Comments

A.A. Milne: The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh

November 3, 2017February 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne.

Categories A.A. Milne, Book Reviews Tags 1920s, 1926, 1928, Children's Books 33 Comments

W.G. Sebald: Vertigo

November 3, 2017February 16, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s 1990 book, Vertigo, translated from the German by Michael Hulse.

Categories W.G. Sebald Tags 1990, 1990s, German 10 Comments

Cynthia Ozick: The Shawl

November 3, 2017February 12, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Cynthia Ozick’s The Shawl, which collects two short, connected works: “The Shawl” and “Rosa.”

Categories Book Reviews, Cynthia Ozick Tags 1980s, 1989, Short Story 8 Comments

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

November 3, 2017February 8, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor revisits F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 classic, The Great Gatbsy.

Categories Book Reviews, F. Scott Fitzgerald Tags 1920s, 1925 51 Comments

John Updike: Bech: A Book

November 3, 2017February 4, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Updike’s first collection of stories about Henry Bech, from 1970, Bech: A Book.

Categories Book Reviews, John Updike Tags 1970, 1970s, Short Story 9 Comments

Marilynne Robinson: Gilead

October 5, 2017January 31, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Marilynne Robinson’s 2004, Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Gilead.

Categories Book Reviews, Marilynne Robinson Tags 2000s, 2004, NBCC Award, Pulitzer Prize 28 Comments

Philip Roth: I Married a Communist

October 5, 2017January 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s 1998 novel, I Married a Communist.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1990s, 1998 10 Comments
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