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Peter Weiss: Leavetaking

July 15, 2014

In his first review for The Mookse and the Gripes, P.T. Smith reviews Peter Weiss’s 1961 novel, Leavetaking, translated from the German by Christopher Levenson, and just reissued by Melville House in their Neversink Library. Read the full post.

Greg Jackson: “Wagner in the Desert”

July 14, 2014

This week’s New Yorker fiction is a debut from Greg Jackson: “Wagner in the Desert.” Read the full post.

Jean-Patrick Manchette: The Mad and the Bad

July 10, 2014

Trevor reviews Jean-Patrick Manchette’s 1972 crime novel, The Mad and the Bad, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith. The book comes out next week, and I recommend you do some odd chores over the weekend if you need to so you have some spare cash to pick it up. Read the full post

John Cheever: “The Summer Farmer”

July 9, 2014

Michael Pucci continues his series on John Cheever’s stories by covering “The Summer Farmer” (1948). Read the full post.

Andreas Maier: The Room

July 7, 2014

Lee reviews Andreas Maier’s “memoir,” The Room, translated from the German by Jamie Lee Searle, and just out from Frisch & Co. Read the full post.

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