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Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Guillermo Rosales: The Halfway House

February 12, 2018May 17, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Guillermo Rosales’s The Halfway House, translated from the Spanish by Anna Kushner.

Categories Book Reviews, Guillermo Rosales Tags 1980s, 1987, New Directions, Spanish 16 Comments

Kamila Shamsie: Burnt Shadows

February 12, 2018May 13, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows.

Categories Book Reviews, Kamila Shamsie Tags 2000s, 2009 27 Comments

Philip Roth: Goodbye, Columbus

February 12, 2018May 9, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s debut, a collection of short stories that went on to win the National Book Award, Goodbye, Columbus.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1950s, 1959, National Book Award, Short Story 12 Comments

César Aira: Ghosts

February 12, 2018May 5, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews César Aira’s Ghosts, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Categories Book Reviews, César Aira, Chris Andrews Tags 1990, 1990s, New Directions, Spanish 12 Comments

Richard Price: Lush Life

February 12, 2018May 1, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Richard Price’s Lush Life.

Categories Book Reviews, Richard Price Tags 2000s, 2008 13 Comments

Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge

January 15, 2018April 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize winning Olive Kitteridge.

Categories Book Reviews, Elizabeth Strout Tags 2000s, 2008, Pulitzer Prize 22 Comments

Muriel Spark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

January 15, 2018April 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Muriel Sparks’ 1961 novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Categories Book Reviews, Muriel Spark Tags 1960s, 1961 11 Comments

2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner

November 3, 2017April 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

The 2009 Pulitzer Prize has been announced!

Categories News 23 Comments

David Foster Wallace: “This Is Water” and “Wiggle Room”

January 15, 2018April 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech “This Is Water” and his short story “Wiggle Room.”

Categories Book Reviews, David Foster Wallace Tags 2000s, 2005, Short Story 7 Comments

Saul Bellow: Humboldt’s Gift

January 15, 2018April 16, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Saul Bellow’s Pulitzer Prize winning 1975 novel, Humboldt’s Gift.

Categories Book Reviews, Saul Bellow Tags 1970s, 1975, Pulitzer Prize 13 Comments
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