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Philip Roth: The Anatomy Lesson

September 23, 2017July 25, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roth’s third Zuckerman novel, The Anatomy Lesson.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1980s, 1983 3 Comments

Joseph O’Neill: Netherland

September 23, 2017July 22, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Joseph O’Neill’s novel Netherland.

Categories Book Reviews, Joseph O'Neill Tags 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 28 Comments

Nam Le: The Boat

September 23, 2017July 19, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nam Le’s debut collection of short stories, The Boat.

Categories Book Reviews, Nam Le Tags 2000s, 2008, Short Story 10 Comments

J.M. Coetzee: Life and Times of Michael K

September 23, 2017July 18, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize winning novel Life & Times of Michael K.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M. Coetzee Tags 1980s, 1983, 1983 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner, Nobel Prize 12 Comments

Imre Kertész: Kaddish for an Unborn Child

September 23, 2017July 17, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s Kaddish for an Unborn Child, translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson.

Categories Book Reviews, Imre Kertész Tags 1990, 1990s, Hungarian, Nobel Prize 2 Comments

Per Petterson: Out Stealing Horses

September 23, 2017July 16, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Per Petterson’s novel Out Stealing Horses, translated from the Norwegian by Anne Born.

Categories Book Reviews, Per Petterson Tags 2000s, 2003, Norwegian 6 Comments

Jeffrey Eugenides: Middlesex

September 23, 2017July 15, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jeffrey Eugenides’ Pulitzer Prize winning novel Middlesex.

Categories Book Reviews, Jeffrey Eugenides Tags 2000s, 2002, Pulitzer Prize 3 Comments

Martin Amis: Night Train

September 23, 2017July 14, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Martin Amis’s Night Train.

Categories Book Reviews, Martin Amis Tags 1990s, 1997 21 Comments

Stefan Zweig: Chess Story

September 23, 2017July 13, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Stefan Zweig’s posthumously published novella Chess Story.

Categories Book Reviews, Stefan Zweig Tags 1940s, 1942, German, NYRB Classics 1 Comment

Philip Roth: Zuckerman Unbound

September 23, 2017July 12, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s follow-up to The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1980s, 1981 3 Comments
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