Melissa Katsoulis VS Shark by Will Self
September 16th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
With the ghost of “literary mediocrity” George Orwell presumably having turned down the chance to review Will Self’s new novel, the task fell
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Liz Jones VS How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
July 16th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
Notorious for mining her personal life for column inches, renowned for her frank opinions on sex and feminism, loved by
Nicholas Lezard VS AA Gill (1996)
February 20th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
In his acceptance speech for the Hatchet Job of the Year Award 2014, AA Gill fondly reminisced about the mauling
Julie Myerson VS The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
November 1st, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Michiko Kakutani thought Donna Tartt’s new novel Dickensian; Julie Myerson in the Guardian detected other influences: “I admit that by
David Sexton VS The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
October 30th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Eleanor Catton was the youngest person ever to win the Booker with her second novel The Luminaries. “Whatevs” said David Sexton
James Kidd VS Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
October 30th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Margaret Atwood may have thought “Doctor Sleep has all the virtues of his best work” but James Kidd in the Independent was
Peter Kemp VS The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
October 30th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch a “glorious, Dickensian novel, a novel that pulls together
Lucy Ellmann VS Worst. Person. Ever by Douglas Coupland
October 1st, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Lucy Ellmann in The Guardian was not entertained by Douglas Coupland’s Worst. Person. Ever: “Through total immersion in the banality it
Randy Boyagoda VS The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
September 30th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Despite being Man Booker nominated and a National Book Award finalist, The Lowland by Pulitzer Prize winning Jhumpa Lahiri didn’t impress Randy Boyagoda
Pat Kane VS Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
September 23rd, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Stuart Kelly in The Scotsman declared “Thomas Pynchon, America’s greatest novelist, has written the greatest novel about the most significant
Stephen Abell VS Multiples ed. by Adam Thirlwell
September 20th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Adam Thirlwell’s latest project Multiples is a collection of short stories translated into various language by famous authors. For Stephen
Steven Poole VS Night Film by Marisha Pessl
September 5th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Steven Poole in The Guardian thought Marisha Pessl’s NIGHT FILM was a bit of a nightmare: “I say “hero”, but Scott is plainly
Hannah McGill VS Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe
September 2nd, 2013 | by The Omnivore
In The Scotsman, Hannah McGill carved up Jonathan Coe‘s latest attempt to regain his former glory: “By standing several paces
Allan Massie VS Carnival by Rawi Hage
August 21st, 2013 | by The Omnivore
The author gets a break this time as The Scotsman‘s Allan Massie lays into the poor marketing assistant charged with writing Rawi
Catherine Nixey VS The Engagements by J Courtney Sullivan
August 12th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
In her review of J Courtney Sullivan’s The Engagements in The Times, Catherine Nixey couldn’t find the diamond in the rough: “The main problem
DJ Taylor VS Red or Dead by David Peace
August 12th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
The title of David Peace’s famous Red Riding Quartet was an ironic nod to the Brothers Grimm. Red or Dead, his 700-page tribute
Sarah Churchwell VS Tampa by Alissa Nutting
August 11th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
When Alissa Nutting found out her old classmate Debra LaFave had been arrested for sleeping with a teenage pupil, she
A Thousand Pardons by Jonathan Dee
August 10th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Stig Abell in The Daily Telegraph would have renamed Jonathan Dee’s new novel A Thousand and One Pardons : “This is a novel
Kate Clanchy VS The Professor of Poetry by Grace McCleen
July 30th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Kate Clanchy professed little love for Grace McCleen’s follow-up to her Desmond Elliott Prize winning debut The Land of Decoration: “Novels, she
Peter Kemp VS The Professor of Poetry by Grace McCleen
July 24th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Peter Kemp in The Sunday Times flunked The Professor of Poetry, the latest offering from Grace McCleen, last year’s winner of the
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