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Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

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

Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies

January 15, 2018April 13, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jhumpa Lahiri’s Pulitzer Prize winning collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies.

Categories Book Reviews, Jhumpa Lahiri Tags 1990s, 1999, Pulitzer Prize, Short Story 12 Comments

Steven Millhauser: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

January 15, 2018April 9, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Steven Millhauser’s Pulitzer Prize winning Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer.

Categories Book Reviews, Steven Millhauser Tags 1990s, 1996, Pulitzer Prize 15 Comments

Norman Mailer: The Executioner’s Song

January 15, 2018April 5, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Norman Mailer’s 1979, Pulitzer Prize winning The Executioner’s Song.

Categories Book Reviews, Norman Mailer Tags 1970s, 1979, Pulitzer Prize 18 Comments

Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

January 15, 2018April 1, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Junot Díaz’s 2007, Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

Categories Book Reviews, Junot Díaz Tags 2000s, 2007, NBCC Award, Pulitzer Prize 14 Comments

Cormac McCarthy: The Road

January 11, 2018March 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Road.

Categories Book Reviews, Cormac McCarthy Tags 2000s, 2006, Pulitzer Prize 26 Comments

Philip Roth: The Human Stain

January 11, 2018March 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s 2000 novel The Human Stain.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 2000, 2000s 18 Comments

Henry James: The Turn of the Screw

January 11, 2018March 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Henry James’s masterful novella The Turn of the Screw.

Categories Book Reviews, Henry James Tags 1890s, 1898 15 Comments

George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four

January 11, 2018March 16, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor revisits George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Categories Book Reviews, George Orwell Tags 1940s, 1949 30 Comments
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