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Julian Barnes: Arthur and George

September 27, 2017December 25, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Julian Barnes’ Booker Prize shortlisted, 2005 novel, Arthur & George.

Categories Book Reviews, Julian Barnes Tags 2000s, 2005, 2005 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 5 Comments

James Salter: Light Years

September 27, 2017December 21, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews James Salter’s 1975 novel, Light Years.

Categories Book Reviews, James Salter Tags 1970s, 1975 13 Comments

Evelyn Waugh: The Loved One

September 27, 2017December 13, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Evelyn Waugh’s 1948 novel, The Loved One.

Categories Book Reviews, Evelyn Waugh Tags 1940s, 1948 11 Comments

Mary Swan: The Boys in the Trees

September 27, 2017December 9, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Mary Swan’s 2008 novel, The Boys in the Trees.

Categories Book Reviews, Mary Swan Tags 2000s, 2008 12 Comments

M.T. Anderson: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1 – The Pox Party

September 27, 2017December 5, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews M.T. Anderson’s National Book Award winning, 2006 novel, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party.

Categories Book Reviews, M.T. Anderson Tags 2000s, 2006, National Book Award 2 Comments

Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man

September 27, 2017December 1, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Ralph Eillison’s National Book Award winning, 1952 novel, Invisible Man.

Categories Book Reviews, Ralph Ellison Tags 1950s, 1952, National Book Award 15 Comments

Billy Collins: Picnic, Lightning

September 26, 2017November 27, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Billy Collins’ 1998 collection of poetry, Picnic, Lightning.

Categories Billy Collins, Book Reviews Tags 1990s, 1998, Poetry 6 Comments

Knut Hamsun: Hunger

September 26, 2017November 23, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun’s 1890 novel, Hunger, translated from the Norwegian by Sverre Lyngstad.

Categories Book Reviews, Knut Hamsun Tags 1890, 1890s, Nobel Prize, Norwegian 13 Comments

John Knowles: A Separate Peace

September 26, 2017November 19, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Knowles’ 1959 novel, A Separate Peace.

Categories Book Reviews, John Knowles Tags 1950s, 1959 14 Comments

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

September 26, 2017November 15, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Milan Kundera’s 1984 novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim.

Categories Book Reviews, Milan Kundera Tags 1980s, 1984, Czech 9 Comments
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