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2008

Richard Price: Lush Life

February 12, 2018May 1, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Richard Price’s Lush Life.

Categories Book Reviews, Richard Price Tags 2000s, 2008 13 Comments

Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge

January 15, 2018April 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize winning Olive Kitteridge.

Categories Book Reviews, Elizabeth Strout Tags 2000s, 2008, Pulitzer Prize 22 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

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

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

Amitav Ghosh: Sea of Poppies

September 25, 2017September 1, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Amitav Ghosh’s Booker Prize longlisted novel Sea of Poppies.

Categories Amitav Ghosh, Book Reviews Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 10 Comments

John Berger: From A to X

September 24, 2017August 29, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Berger’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, From A to X.

Categories Book Reviews, John Berger Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 23 Comments

Linda Grant: The Clothes on Their Backs

September 24, 2017August 23, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Linda Grant’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Clothes on Their Backs.

Categories Book Reviews, Linda Grant Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 15 Comments
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