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Simon Leys: The Hall of Uselessness

July 30, 2013

Trevor reviews Simon Leys’ collected essays, The Hall of Uselessness. Read the full post.

Shirley Jackson: “Paranoia”

July 29, 2013

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Shirley Jackson’s “Paranoia” was originally published in the August 5, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor This week’s issue features a never before published story by Shirley Jackson, who died in 1965.

César Aira: The Hare

July 26, 2013

Trevor reviews César Aira’s The Hare, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. Read the full post.

Alfred Hayes: My Face for the World to See

July 24, 2013

Trevor reviews Alfred Hayes’s 1958 novel, My Face for the World to See. Read the full post.

2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist

July 23, 2013

Today they announced the longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Harvest by Jim Crace The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris The Kills by Richard House The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri Unexploded by Alison MacLeod

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