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LIST OF AUTHORS ON WHOM I HAVE MULTIPLE REVIEWS

THE YEAR 2007

• Dupuy, Alex   THE PROPHET AND POWER  January 2007
  
  
• Kis, Danilo   A TOMB FOR BORIS DAVIDOVICH  January 2007
  
  

THE YEAR 2006

• Kazantzakis, Nikos   REPORT TO GRECO  December 2006
  
  
• McMahon, D.R.   TAP-TAP  August 2006
  
  
• Paul the Apostle   THE EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL  July 2006
  
  
• Douglas, Geoffrey   THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES  July 2006
  
  
• Hemingway, Ernest   THE SUN ALSO RISES  June 2006
  
  
• Settle, Mary Lee   BLOOD TIE  May 2006
  
  
• Joyce, James   PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN  May 2006
  
  
• Hosseini, Khaled   THE KITE RUNNER  May 2006
  
  
• Hughes, Langston,   SOMETHING IN COMMON  April 2006
  
  
• Haddock, Doris   GRANNY D  April 2006
  
  
• Singer, Issac Bashevis   THE SPINOZA OF MARKET STREET  April 2006
  
  
• Santiago, Esmeralda   THE TURKISH LOVER  March 2006
  
  
• Bernardo, Jose Raul   THE SECRET OF THE BULLS  February 2006
  
  
• Thomas, Dylan   ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE  February 2006
  
  
• Hemingway, Ernest   THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA  January 2006
  
  
• Saramago, Jose   THE CAVE  January 2006
  
  
• Budhos, Marina   THE PROFESSOR OF LIGHT  January 2006
  
  

THE YEAR 2005

• Lurie, Morris   SEVEN BOOKS FOR GROSSMAN  December 2005
  
  
• Ferlinghetti, Lawrence   A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND  November 2005
  
  
• Saramago, Jose   THE TALE OF THE UNKNOWN ISLAND  November 2005
  
  
• Hustvedt, Siri   THE BLINDFOLD  November 2005
  
  
• Hemingway, Ernest   A FAREWELL TO ARMS  November 2005
  
  
• Halpern, Sue   MIGRATIONS TO SOLITUDE: THE QUESTION FOR PRIVACY IN A CROWDED WORLD  November 2005
  
  
• Bissoondath, Neil   THE WORLDS WITHIN HER  November 2005
  
  
• Boswell, Arthur   THE GEOGRAPHY OF DESIRE: A NOVEL  October 2005
  
  
• Phillips, Arthur   PRAGUE: A NOVEL  October 2005
  
  
• Kempadoo, Oonya   BUXTON SPICE  October 2005
  
  
• Rush, Norman   MATING  October 2005
  
  
• Hrabal, Bohumil   TOO LOUD A SILENCE  October 2005
  
  
• Fuentes, Carlos.   THE HYDRA HEAD  October 2005
  
  
• Novas, Himilce.   MANGOS, BANANAS AND COCONUTS: A CUBAN LOVE STORY  October 2005
  
  
• Brown, Dan.   THE DA VINCI CODE  September 2005
  
  
• Hellenga, Robert.   THE SIXTEEN PLEASURES  September 2005
  
  
• Davies, Robertson.   THE MANTICORE  September 2005
  
  
• Lamb, F. Bruce.   WIZARD OF THE UPPER AMAZON  September 2005
  
  
• Stollman, Aryeh Lev.   THE ILLUMINATED SOUL  September 2005
  
  
• Placide, Jaira.   FRESH GIRL  August 2005
  
  
• Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes.   POPO AND FIFINA  August 2005
  
  
• Malouf, David.  REMEMBERING BABYLON  August 2005
  
  
• Hemon, Aleksandar.  THE QUESTION OF BRUNO  July 2005
  
  
• Turnbull, Wally R.  HIDDEN MEANINGS  July 2005
  
  
• Brooks, Geraldine.  YEAR OF WONDERS  June 2005
  
  
• Brown, Gordon.  TOUSSAINT'S CLAUSE: THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION  June 2005
  
  
• Marwitz, Peter.  BLACK MAPLE  May 2005
  
  
• Moyano, Daniel.  THE DEVIL'S TRILL  May 2005
  
  
• Segal, Susan.  ARIA  May 2005
  
  
• Moore, Brian.  THE STATEMENT  April 2005
  
  
• Doyle, Roddy.  A STAR CALLED HENRY  April 2005
  
  
• Winchester, Simon.  THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN  March 2005
  
  
• Boff, Leonardo.  SAINT FRANCIS: A MODEL FOR HUMAN LIBERATION  January 2005
  
  
• Kazantzakis, Nikos.  SAINT FRANCIS  January 2005
  
  

THE YEAR 2004

• Tuttle, Sarah.  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF HAYTI  December 2004
  
  
• Bryant, Dorothy.  A DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO  December 2004
  
  
• Patchett, Ann.  BEL CANTO  December 2004
  
  
• Deane, Seamus.  READING IN THE DARK  December 2004
  
  
• McCormmach, Russell.  NIGHT THOUGHTS OF A CLASSICAL PHYSICIST  December 2004
  
  
• Eco, Umberto.  THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE  November 2004
  
  
• Collins, Warwick.  THE RATIONALIST  November 2004
  
  
• Brooke, Gabriela.  THE WORDS OF BERNFRIEDA  November 2004
  
  
• Andahazi, Federico.  THE ANATOMIST  October 2004
  
  
• Moore, Brian.  LIES OF SILENCE  October 2004
  
  
• Bell, Madison Smartt.  THE STONE THE BUILDER REFUSED  October 2004
  
  
• Davies, Robertson.  FIFTH BUSINESS  September 2004
  
  
• Horsley, Kate.  CONFESSIONS OF A PAGAN NUN  August 2004
  
  
• Anonymous.  HIRAM BIRDSEED AT THE ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR  July 2004
  
  
• Singer, Issac Bashevis.  THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN  July 2004
  
  
• Marai, Sandor.  EMBERS  July 2004
  
  
• Anonymous.  FOREST PARK AND ITS HISTORY  June 2004
  
  
• Loughlin, Caroline and Catherine Anderson.  FOREST PARK  June 2004
  
  
• Baldwin, James.  GIOVANNI'S ROOM  June 2004
  
  
• Lindgren, Torgny.  IN PRAISE OF TRUTH  May 2004
  
  
• Banville, John.  THE UNTOUCHABLE  May 2004
  
  
• Saramago, Jose.  ALL THE NAMES  April 2004
  
  
• Danticat, Edwidge.  THE DEW BREAKER  March 2004
  
  
• Hochschild, Adam.  KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST  March 2004
  
  
• Pirenne, Henri.  MOHAMMED AND CHARLEMAGNE  February 2004
  
  
• Hynes, James.  THE WILD COLONIAL BOY  February 2004
  
  
• Normal, Howard.  THE MUSEUM GUARD  February 2004
  
  
• Kraus, Karl.  IN THESE TIMES  February 2004
  
  
• Szasz, Thomas.  KARL KRAUS AND THE SOUL-DOCTORS  January 2004
  
  
• Janik, Allan and Stephen Toulmin.  WITTGENSTEIN'S VIENNA  January 2004
  
  
• Scherzinger, Helen.  LETTERS FROM DOGTOWN  January 2004
  
  
• Davies, Robertson.  THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS  January 2004
  
  

THE YEAR 2003

• Edmounds, David and John Eidinow.  WITTGENSTEIN'S POKER  December 2003
  
  
• Hegi, Ursula.  FLOATING IN MY MOTHER'S PALM  December 2003
  
  
• Neville, Katherine.  THE EIGHT  December 2003
  
  
• Llosa, Mario Vargas.  IN PRAISE OF THE STEPMOTHER  November 2003
  
  
• Tekin, Latife.  TALES FROM THE GARBAGE HILLS  November 2003
  
  
• Alexis, Jacques Stephen.  GENERAL SUN, MY BROTHER  November 2003
  
  
• Boernstein, Henry.  THE MYSTERIES OF ST. LOUIS  November 2003
  
  
• West, Nathanel.  THE DAY OF THE LOCUST  October 2003
  
  
• Cliff, Michelle.  ABENG  October 2003
  
  
• Haasse, Hella.  THE SCARLET CITY  October 2003
  
  
• McEwan, Ian.  AMSTERDAM  October 2003
  
  
• Naylor, Gloria.  BAILEY'S CAFE  September 2003
  
  
• Borges, Jorge Luis.  LABYRINTHS  September 2003
  
  
• Banville, John.  THE NEWTON LETTER  September 2003
  
  
• Camus, Albert.  THE FALL  June 2003
  
  
• Bree, Germaine, editor.  CAMUS: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS  June 2003
  
  
• O'Faolain, Nuala.  MY DREAM OF YOU  May 2003
  
  
• Okely, Judith.  SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR  May 2003
  
  
• Hariss, Mark.  LYING IN BED  April 2003
  
  
• Banville, JOhn.  THE BOOK OF EVIDENCE  April 2003
  
  
• Pym, Barbara.  AN ACADEMIC QUESTION  March 2003
  
  
• Maitbag, Eugenio.  HAITIAN-DOMINICAN COUNTERPOINT: NATION, STATE AND RACE IN HISPANIOLA  January 2003
  
  

THE YEAR 2002

• Mauriac, Francois.  THE LAMB  November 2002
  
  
• Kadohata, Cynthia.  THE FLOATING WORLD  November 2002
  
  
• Ayala, Francisco.  USURPERS  November 2002
  
  
• Wolff, Robert Paul, Barrington Moore, Jr. and Herbert Marcuse.  A CRITIQUE OF PURE TOLERANCE  November 2002
  
  
• Mayle, Peter.  CHASING CEZANNE  November 2002
  
  
• Gibbons, Kaye.  CHARMS FOR THE EASY LIFE  November 2002
  
  
• Tapon, Phillippe.  THE MISTRESS  November 2002
  
  
• Apollon, Marlene Rigaud.  HAITIAN ART TRIVIA and HAITI TRIVIA  October 2002
  
  
• Alexis, Jacques Stephen.  IN THE FLICKER OF AN EYELID  October 2002
  
  
• Fatton, Robert.  HAITI'S PREDATORY REPUBLIC  October 2002
  
  
• Smith, Jennie M.  WHEN THE HANDS ARE MANY: COMMINTY ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN RURAL HAITI  October 2002
  
  
• Rahill, Guitele Jeudy.  VIOLATED  October 2002
  
  
• Davies, Robertson.  WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE  October 2002
  
  
• Davies, Robertson.  THE REBEL ANGELS  October 2002
  
  
• Duras, Marguerite.  L'AMANTE ANGLAISE  September 2002
  
  
• Devlin, Anne.  THE WAY-PAVER  September 2002
  
  
• Gray, Francine Du Plessix.  LOVERS AND TYRANTS  September 2002
  
  
• O'Faolain, Nuala.  ARE YOU SOMEBODY  August 2002
  
  
• Banks, Russell.  RULE OF THE BONE  August 2002
  
  
• Quinonez, Ernesto.  BODEGA DREAMS  August 2002
  
  
• Baricco, Alessandro.  SILK  May 2002
  
  
• Singer, Issac Bashevis.  THE PENITENT  May 2002
  
  
• Wilson, Colin.  THE MIND PARASITES  May 2002
  
  
• Carr, J.L.  A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY  May 2002
  
  
• Maraini, Dacia.  ISOLINA  April 2002
  
  
• Donoghue, Emma.  SLAMMERKIN  April 2002
  
  
• Ludlum, Robert.  THE SIGMA PROTOCOL  April 2002
  
  
• Ozakin, Aysel.  PRIZEGIVING  April 2002
  
  
• Arthur, Charles.  HAITI: A GUIDE TO THE PEOPLE, POLITICS AND CULTURE  March 2002
  
  
• Hoffmann, Leon-Francois.  HAITIAN FICTION REVISITED  March 2002
  
  
• Orwell, George.  DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON  March 2002
  
  
• Danticat, Edwidge, Editor.  THE BUTTERFLY'S WAY: VOICES FROM THE HAITIAN DIASPORA IN THE UNITED STATES  March 2002
  
  
• Merton, Thomas.  THE STRANGER: POVERTY OF AN ANTI-HERO  March 2002
  
  
• Miller, Frances.  "TANTE": THE DARING DECADES  March 2002
  
  
• Baines, Elizabeth.  BODY PARTS  March 2002
  
  
• Castedo, Elena.  PARADISE  February 2002
  
  
• Ferriss, Lucy.  AGAINST GRAVITY  February 2002
  
  
• Markson, David.  THIS IS NOT A NOVEL   February 2002
  
  
• Doctorov, E.L.  THE WATERWORKS  February 2002
  
  
• Garcia, Cristina.  DREAMING IN CUBAN  February 2002
  
  
• Hamann, Brigitte.  HITLER'S VIENNA: A DICTATOR'S APPRENTICESHIP  February 2002
  
  
• Schnitzler, Arthur.  BEATRICE  February 2002
  
  
• Kierkegaard, Soren.  FEAR AND TREMBLING  February 2002
  
  
• Silone, Ignazio.  BREAD AND WINE  February 2002
  
  
• Palamas, Kostos.  ROYAL BLOSSOM or TRISEVYENE  January 2002
  
  
• Montero, Mayra.  THE RED OF HIS SHADOW  January 2002
  
  
• Bernhard, Thomas.  EXTINCTION  January 2002
  
  
• Dash, J. Michael.  CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF HAITI  January 2002
  
  
• Gordon, Leah.  THE BOOK OF VODOU: CHARMS AND RITUALS TO EMPOWER YOUR LIFE  January 2002
  
  

THE YEAR 2001

• Parker, Thomas Trebitsch.  ANNA ANN ANNIE  December 2001
  
  
• Silone, Ignazio.  FONTAMARA  December 2001
  
  
• Marquez, Gabriel Garcia.  NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL  December 2001
  
  
• Kafka, Franz.  AMERIKA  December 2001
  
  
• Hesse, Hermann.  STEPPENWOLF  December 2001
  
  
• Winterson, Jeanette.  THE PASSION  November 2001
  
  
• Powers, Charles T.  IN THE MEMORY OF THE FOREST  November 2001
  
  
• Thornton, Lawrence.  IMAGINING ARGENTINA  October 2001
  
  
• Kundera, Milan.  THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING  October 2001
  
  
• Llosa, Mario Vargas.  DEATH IN THE ANDES  October 2001
  
  
• Kazantzakis, Nikos.  ZORBA THE GREEK  October 2001
  
  
• Marquez, Gabriel Garcia.  CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD  October 2001
  
  
• McEwan, Ian.  THE INNOCENT  October 2001
  
  
• Saramago, Jose.  BLINDNESS  October 2001
  
  
• Saramago, Jose.  THE HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF LISBON  August 2001
  
  
• Hollingdale, R.J.  NIETZSCHE THE MAN AND HIS PHILOSOPHY  July 2001
  
  
• Bernhard, Thomas.  ON THE MOUNTAIN  July 2001
  
  
• Camus, Albert.  A HAPPY DEATH  July 2001
  
  
• Bernhard, Thomas.  WOODCUTTERS  July 2001
  
  
• Brock Hermann.THE ANARCHIST  June 2001
  
  
• Brock, Hermann.THE ROMANTIC  May 2001
  
  
• Veronese, David. JANA  May 2001
  
  
• Jelinek, Elfriede. THE PIANO TEACHER  May 2001
  
  
• Thoene, Bodie.   VIENNA PRELUDE  May 2001
  
  
• Saramago, Jose.   THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST  May 2001. Followed by discussion with LJ Lindhurst and a review from Bob Galloway.
  
  
• Schorske, Carl.   FIN-DE-SIECLE VIENNA: POLITICS AND CULTURE  May 2001
  
  
• Roth, Joseph.   THE STRING OF PEARLS  April 2001
  
  
• Bernhard, Thomas.   CONCRETE  April 2001
  
  
• Bernhard, Thomas.   WITTGENSTEIN'S NEPHEW  April 2001
  
  
• Schnitzler, Arthur.   THE ROAD TO THE OPEN  April 2001
  
  
• Freud, Sigmund.    CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS  April 2001
  
  
• Salinger, Steven D.    WHITE DARKNESS  March 2001
  
  
• Fitzgerald, Penelope.    THE BLUE FLOWER  March 2001
  
  
• Boll, Heinrich.    CHILDREN ARE CITIZENS TOO  March 2001
  
  
• Duncker, Patricia.  HALLUCINATING FOUCAULT  February 2001
  
  
• Hofmann, Paul.   THE SPELL OF THE VIENNA WOODS: INSPIRATION AND INFLUENCE FROM BEETHOVEN TO KAFKA  February 2001
  
  
• Schnitzler, Arthur.   VIENNA 1900: GAMES WITH LOVE AND DEATH  January 2001
  
  
• Schnitzler, Arthur.   LIEUTENANT GUSTL  January 2001
  
  
• Bernhard, Thomas.   CORRECTION  January 2001
  
  

THE YEAR 2000

• Jelinek, Elfriede.   WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TIMES  September 2000
  
  
• Achebe, Chinua.   THINGS FALL APART  September 2000
  
  
• Johnson, Diane.   PERSIAN NIGHTS  August 2000
  
  
• Goldstein, Rebecca.    THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM  August 2000
  
  
• Mahfouz, Nagub.    ADRIFT ON THE NILE  August 2000
  
  
• Schlink, Bernhard.   THE READER  July 2000
  
  
• Podhoretz, Norman.   EX-FRIENDS  July 2000
  
  
• Constantini, Humberto.   THE LONG NIGHT OF FRANCISCO SANCTIS  March 2000
  
  
• Chedid, Andree.   THE RETURN TO BEIRUT  March 2000
  
  
• Fitzpatrick, Nina.   THE LOVES OF FAUSTYNA  March 2000. A novel of the collapse of Communist Poland, but perhaps the mystery surrounding the author is more interesting than the wonderful book itself.
  
  
• Drabble, Margaret.   THE GATES OF IVORY.  March 2000. A curious novel that teases on to think it will be about Cambodia and Pol Pot, but is really a sort of Livingstone/Stanley story of a friend hunting a lost (and actually dead) author friend who disappeared in Cambodia in 1983.
  
  

JULY AND AUGUST 1999

• Orem, William. ZOMBI, YOU MY LOVE
  
  
• Saramago, Jose. THE STONE RAFT
  
  
• Saramago, Jose. THE YEAR OF THE DEATH OF RICARDO REIS  Followed by discussion with LJ Lindhurst.
  
  
• Pirenne, Henri. MEDIEVAL CITIES
  
  
• Galvan, Jose de Jesus. THE CROSS AND THE SWORD   Also known as ENRIQUILLO
  
  
• Boll, Heinrich. THE SAFETY NET
  
  
• Sutcliffe, William. ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?
  
  
• Kazantzakis, Nikos. THE GREEK PASSION.
  
  

JULY 1996

• Roth, Joseph. RADETZKY'S MARCH   July 1996
  
  

EARLIER THAN 1996

• Lankshear, Colin. LITERACY, SCHOOLING AND REVOLUTION   1989.
  
  

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