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Booker Prize

Michelle de Kretser: The Lost Dog

September 24, 2017August 14, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Michelle de Kretser’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Lost Dog.

Categories Book Reviews, Michelle de Kretser Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 17 Comments

Mohammed Hanif: A Case of Exploding Mangoes

September 24, 2017August 11, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Mohammed Hanif’s Booker Prize longlisted novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes.

Categories Book Reviews, Mohammed Hanif Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 14 Comments

Salman Rushdie: The Enchantress of Florence

September 24, 2017August 8, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Enchantress of Florence.

Categories Book Reviews, Salman Rushdie Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 9 Comments

Tom Rob Smith: Child 44

September 24, 2017August 5, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tom Rob Smith’s Booker Prize longlisted novel, Child 44.

Categories Book Reviews, Tom Rob Smith Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 19 Comments

Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger

September 24, 2017August 2, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize longlisted (and eventual winner) debut novel, The White Tiger.

Categories Aravind Adiga, Book Reviews Tags 2000s, 2008, 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner 24 Comments

Joseph O’Neill: Netherland

September 23, 2017July 22, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Joseph O’Neill’s novel Netherland.

Categories Book Reviews, Joseph O'Neill Tags 2008 Booker Prize, Booker Prize 28 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

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
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