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Edith Wharton: The House of Mirth

June 9, 2016May 25, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel, The House of Mirth. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Edith Wharton Tags 1900s, 1905 15 Comments

P.G. Wodehouse: The Code of the Woosters

June 9, 2016May 21, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews P.G. Wodehouse’s The Code of the Woosters. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, P.G. Wodehouse Tags 1930s, 1938 4 Comments

Henry James: Daisy Miller

June 9, 2016May 17, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor revisits an old favorite, Henry James’s Daisy Miller. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Henry James Tags 1870s, 1878 11 Comments

John Williams: Butcher’s Crossing

June 9, 2016May 11, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Williams’s 1960 novel, Butcher’s Crossing. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, John Williams Tags 1960, 1960s, NYRB Classics 23 Comments

Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome

June 9, 2016May 7, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Edith Wharton’s 1911 novel, Ethan Frome. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Edith Wharton Tags 1910s, 1911 20 Comments

Michael Frayn: Spies

June 9, 2016May 3, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Michael Frayn’s Spies. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Michael Frayn Tags 2000s, 2002, 2002 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 4 Comments

J.G. Farrell: Troubles

June 9, 2016April 27, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.G. Farrell’s 1970 novel, Troubles. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, J.G. Farrell Tags 1970, 1970s 3 Comments

Roberto Bolaño: Antwerp

June 9, 2016April 23, 2010 by Trevor Berrett
Review copy courtesy of New Directions.

Trevor reviews Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Roberto Bolaño Tags 2000s, 2002, Spanish 8 Comments

Dezsö Kosztolányi: Skylark

June 9, 2016April 19, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Dezsö Kosztolányi’s 1924 novel, Skylark, translated from the Hungarian by Richard Aczel. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Dezsö Kosztolányi Tags 1920s, 1924, Hungarian, NYRB Classics 13 Comments

Paul Harding: Tinkers

June 9, 2016April 13, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Paul Harding’s Tinkers. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Paul Harding Tags 2000s, 2009, Pulitzer Prize 14 Comments
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