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2015

Juan Gabriel Vásquez: The Shape of the Ruins

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 by Paul Fulcher

Paul review’s Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s The Shape of the Ruins, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. This book was recently longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, Juan Gabriel Vásquez Tags 2010s, 2015, Spanish Leave a comment

Jen Craig: Panthers and the Museum of Fire

January 2, 2019 by Paul Fulcher

Paul reviews Jen Craig’s 2015 novella, Panthers and the Museum of Fire.

Categories Book Reviews, Jen Craig Tags 2010s, 2015 2 Comments

Wu Ming-Yi: The Stolen Bicycle

March 29, 2018 by Paul Fulcher

Paul reviews Wu Ming-Yi’s The Stolen Bicycle, translated from the Mandarin by Darryl Sterk. The book is on this year’s Man Booker International Prize longlist.

Categories Book Reviews, Wu Ming-Yi Tags 2010s, 2015, Mandarin 1 Comment

Graeme Macrae Burnet: His Bloody Project

September 14, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project, just shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the rare thriller to do so. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Graeme Macrae Burnet Tags 2010s, 2015, 2016 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 4 Comments

Paul Beatty: The Sellout

October 26, 2016September 7, 2016 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Chris isn’t having it. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Paul Beatty Tags 2010s, 2015, 2016 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 69 Comments

Ottessa Moshfegh: Eileen

August 2, 2016 by Lee Monks

Lee reviews Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen, which was just longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Ottessa Moshfegh Tags 2010s, 2015, 2016 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 13 Comments

Kazuo Ishiguro: The Buried Giant

October 5, 2017March 5, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel The Buried Giant.

Categories Book Reviews, Kazuo Ishiguro Tags 2010s, 2015, Nobel Prize 9 Comments
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