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Jeffrey Eugenides: The Virgin Suicides

September 23, 2017July 11, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jeffrey Eugenides’s 1993 debut novel, The Virgin Suicides.

Categories Book Reviews, Jeffrey Eugenides Tags 1990s, 1993 7 Comments

Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day

September 23, 2017July 10, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize winning novel The Remains of the Day, his own pick for the Best of the Booker.

Categories Book Reviews, Kazuo Ishiguro Tags 1980s, 1989, 1989 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 10 Comments

Peter Carey: Oscar and Lucinda

September 22, 2017July 9, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Peter Carey’s Booker Prize winning Oscar and Lucinda, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Categories Book Reviews, Peter Carey Tags 1980s, 1988, 1988 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 1 Comment

Pat Barker: The Ghost Road

September 22, 2017July 8, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Pat Barker’s Booker Prize winning The Ghost Road, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Categories Book Reviews, Pat Barker Tags 1990s, 1995, 1995 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 3 Comments

Nadine Gordimer: The Conservationist

September 22, 2017July 7, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer’s The Conservationist, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Categories Book Reviews, Nadine Gordimer Tags 1970s, 1974, 1974 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner, Nobel Prize 3 Comments

Imre Kertész: Fatelessness

September 22, 2017July 6, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész’s 1975 novel Fatelessness.

Categories Book Reviews, Imre Kertész Tags 1970s, 1975, Hungarian, Nobel Prize 9 Comments

J.M. Coetzee: Disgrace

September 22, 2017July 6, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize winning Disgrace, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Categories Book Reviews, J.M. Coetzee Tags 1990s, 1999, 1999 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner, Nobel Prize 7 Comments

J.G. Farrell: The Siege of Krishnapur

September 22, 2017July 4, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews J.G. Farrell’s 1973 Booker Prize winning novel, The Siege of Krishnapur, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Categories Book Reviews, J.G. Farrell Tags 1970s, 1973, 1973 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner, NYRB Classics Leave a comment

Philip Roth: The Ghost Writer

September 22, 2017July 4, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s 1979 novel, The Ghost Writer.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 1970s, 1979 15 Comments

Ivan Turgenev: First Love

September 22, 2017July 3, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Ivan Turgenev’s 1860 novel, First Love, translated from the Russian by Isaiah Berlin.

Categories Book Reviews, Ivan Turgenev Tags 1860, 1860s, Russian 2 Comments
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