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Paul Auster: The New York Trilogy

September 26, 2017October 5, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy, containing the works “City of Glass,” “Ghosts,” and “The Locked Room.”

Categories Book Reviews, Paul Auster Tags 1980s, 1987 13 Comments

Annie Dillard: An American Childhood

September 25, 2017September 21, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Annie Dillard’s memoir, An American Childhood.

Categories Annie Dillard, Book Reviews Tags 1980s, 1987 7 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

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

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

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

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

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

Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children

May 16, 2018July 1, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Salman Rushdie’s masterpiece, Midnight’s Children, as part of 2008’s Best of the Booker shortlist.

Categories Book Reviews, Salman Rushdie Tags 1980s, 1981, 1981 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 2 Comments
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