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Melville House

A Review of The Colonel by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

May 16, 2016

Matt McGregor

Translated from the Persian by Tom Patterdale (Brooklyn, NY: Melville House, 2012) In 1953, the CIA arrested the civilian Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammed Mossadeq, and reinstated Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Mossadeq, a democrat who had nationalized the oil industry, was thrown … Continued

A Review of Bolaño: A Biography in Conversations by Mónica Maristain

March 12, 2015

Jody Handerson

(Brooklyn, NY: Melville House, 2014) “I know that my name will resound in the ears of my loved ones as perfectly as a picture. And I also know that sometimes it will cease to Be a name And will be … Continued

A Review of The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure, Edited By C.D. Rose

March 5, 2015

Alexander Oliver

(Brooklyn, NY: Melville House, 2014) To be lost, forgotten, rejected. In a word: failure. There are precious few words in the English language that strike so hard, or cut so deep, bereft of nicety or preamble. No matter how one … Continued

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