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Jayne Anne Phillips: Lark & Termite

November 3, 2017February 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jayne Anne Phillips’ 2009 novel, Lark and Termite.

Categories Book Reviews, Jayne Anne Phillips Tags 2000s, 2009 13 Comments

Marilynne Robinson: Gilead

October 5, 2017January 31, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Marilynne Robinson’s 2004, Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Gilead.

Categories Book Reviews, Marilynne Robinson Tags 2000s, 2004, NBCC Award, Pulitzer Prize 28 Comments

Imran Ahmad: Unimagined

October 5, 2017January 14, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Imran Ahmad’s memoir, Unimagined, and follows that up with an interview with the author.

Categories Book Reviews, Imran Ahmad Tags 2000s, 2008, Interview 28 Comments

Roberto BolaƱo: 2666

September 27, 2017December 30, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Roberto BolaƱo’s 2004 magnum opus, 2666, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer.

Categories Book Reviews, Roberto BolaƱo Tags 2000s, 2004, NBCC Award, Spanish 31 Comments

Julian Barnes: Arthur and George

September 27, 2017December 25, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Julian Barnes’ Booker Prize shortlisted, 2005 novel, Arthur & George.

Categories Book Reviews, Julian Barnes Tags 2000s, 2005, 2005 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 5 Comments

Mary Swan: The Boys in the Trees

September 27, 2017December 9, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Mary Swan’s 2008 novel, The Boys in the Trees.

Categories Book Reviews, Mary Swan Tags 2000s, 2008 12 Comments

M.T. Anderson: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1 – The Pox Party

September 27, 2017December 5, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews M.T. Anderson’s National Book Award winning, 2006 novel, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party.

Categories Book Reviews, M.T. Anderson Tags 2000s, 2006, National Book Award 2 Comments

Aleksandar Hemon: The Lazarus Project

September 26, 2017October 22, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Aleksandar Hemon’s National Book Award finalist, The Lazarus Project.

Categories Aleksandar Hemon, Book Reviews Tags 2000s, 2008 7 Comments

Philip Roth: Indignation

September 25, 2017September 18, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s 2008 novel, Indignation.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 2000s, 2008 17 Comments

Philip Hensher: The Northern Clemency

September 25, 2017September 4, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor fails to finish Philip Hensher’s Booker longlisted novel The Northern Clemency, but he writes a few thoughts anyway.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Hensher Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 23 Comments
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