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Sebastian Barry: The Secret Scripture

September 24, 2017August 20, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Sebastian Barry’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Secret Scripture.

Categories Book Reviews, Sebastian Barry Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 17 Comments

Steve Toltz: A Fraction of the Whole

September 24, 2017August 17, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Steve Toltz’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, A Fraction of the Whole.

Categories Book Reviews, Steve Toltz Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 14 Comments

Michelle de Kretser: The Lost Dog

September 24, 2017August 14, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Michelle de Kretser’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Lost Dog.

Categories Book Reviews, Michelle de Kretser Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 17 Comments

Mohammed Hanif: A Case of Exploding Mangoes

September 24, 2017August 11, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Mohammed Hanif’s Booker Prize longlisted novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes.

Categories Book Reviews, Mohammed Hanif Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 14 Comments

Salman Rushdie: The Enchantress of Florence

September 24, 2017August 8, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Enchantress of Florence.

Categories Book Reviews, Salman Rushdie Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 9 Comments

Tom Rob Smith: Child 44

September 24, 2017August 5, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tom Rob Smith’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, Child 44.

Categories Book Reviews, Tom Rob Smith Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 19 Comments

Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger

September 24, 2017August 2, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize longlisted (and eventual winner) debut novel, The White Tiger.

Categories Aravind Adiga, Book Reviews Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 24 Comments

Philip Roth: The Prague Orgy

September 23, 2017August 1, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s coda to his first three Zuckerman books, The Prague Orgy.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1980s, 1985 Leave a comment

Carlo Emilio Gadda: That Awful Mess on Via Merulana

September 23, 2017July 30, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Carlo Emilio Gadda’s That Awful Mess on Via Merulana, translated from the Italian by William Weaver.

Categories Book Reviews, Carlo Emilio Gadda Tags 1950s, 1957, Italian, NYRB Classics 6 Comments

Graham Greene: The Tenth Man

September 23, 2017July 28, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Graham Greene’s short The Tenth Man.

Categories Book Reviews, Graham Greene Tags 1980s, 1985 6 Comments
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