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Chris Phillips

David Grossman: A Horse Walks into a Bar

August 4, 2017May 25, 2017 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews David Grossman’s A Horse Walks into a Bar, translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen and recently shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, David Grossman Tags 2010s, 2014, Hebrew Leave a comment

Tim Shipman: All Out War

May 25, 2017February 28, 2017 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews Tim Shipman’s All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Tim Shipman Tags 2010s, 2016 Leave a comment

Gay Talese: The Voyeur’s Motel

May 25, 2017December 2, 2016 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews Gay Talese’s The Voyeur’s Motel, a look at the decades-long voyeurism of Gerald Foos. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Gay Talese Tags 2010s, 2016 1 Comment

Paul Beatty: The Sellout

October 26, 2016September 7, 2016 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Chris isn’t having it. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Paul Beatty Tags 2010s, 2015, 2016 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 69 Comments

Michael Herr: Dispatches

August 10, 2016 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews Michael Herr’s Dispatches. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Michael Herr Tags 1970s, 1977 5 Comments

Aki Ollikainen: White Hunger

June 21, 2016 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews Aki Ollikainen’s White Hunger, translated from the Finnish by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah. Read the full post.

Categories Aki Ollikainen, Book Reviews Tags 2010s, 2012, Finnish Leave a comment

Friedrich Reck: Diary of a Man in Despair

April 14, 2016 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews Friedrich Reck’s Diary of a Man in Despair. Read the full post.

Categories Friedrich Reck 1 Comment

J.G. Ballard: Concrete Island

March 1, 2016 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews J.G. Ballard’s 1974 novel Concrete Island. Read the full post.

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George Pelecanos: The Night Gardener

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews George Pelecanos’ 2006 Washington D.C. crime novel The Night Gardener. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, George Pelecanos 7 Comments

Peter De Vries: The Blood of the Lamb

December 10, 2015December 2, 2015 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews Peter De Vries’ 1961 novel The Blood of the Lamb and wishes for more De Vries, please. Read the full post.

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