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David Szalay: All That Man Is

August 18, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews David Szalay’s All That Man Is, which was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, David Szalay Tags 2010s, 2016, 2016 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 3 Comments

Deborah Levy: Hot Milk

August 8, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Deborah Levy’s Hot Milk, which was recently placed on the Man Booker Prize longlist. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Deborah Levy Tags 2010s, 2016, 2016 Booker Prize, Booker Prize Leave a comment

Ottessa Moshfegh: Eileen

August 2, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen, which was just longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Ottessa Moshfegh Tags 2010s, 2015, 2016 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 13 Comments

William Trevor: Love and Summer

July 22, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews William Trevor’s 2009 novel, Love and Summer, which “can’t, of course, end well,” but that is “brilliant, devastating, and masterfully wrought.”

Categories Book Reviews, William Trevor Tags 2000s, 2009, 2009 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 4 Comments

Terrence Malick: Knight of Cups

June 29, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups. Read the full post.

Categories Film Reviews, Terrence Malick 21 Comments

Don DeLillo: Zero K

June 23, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Don DeLillo’s Zero K. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Don DeLillo Tags 2010s, 2016 Leave a comment

Orhan Pamuk: A Strangeness in My Mind

August 1, 2017April 21, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Orhan Pamuk’s A Strangeness of My Mind, recently shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, Orhan Pamuk Tags 2010s, 2014, Turkish 7 Comments

Jane Gardam: “Rode By All With Pride”

March 30, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Jane Gardam’s “Rode By All With Pride,” from The Stories of Jane Gardam. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jane Gardam 3 Comments

Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson: Anomalisa

March 15, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s animated feature Anomalisa. Read the full post.

Categories Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, Film Reviews 4 Comments

Alejandro González Iñárritu: The Revenant

February 8, 2016February 8, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee takes on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest film, the Oscar-nominated The Revenant. Read the full post.

Categories Alexander González Iñárritu, Film Reviews 13 Comments
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