Kevin Rabalais - Columnists

A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers – review

Issue 3784 17th Nov 2012

Dave Eggers poses important questions in his new page-turning parable.

Issue 3760 30th May 2012

David Vann’s stellar start falls off with his latest novel.

Issue 3728 20th Oct 2011

After almost a decade of “fits and starts”, Jeffrey Eugenides has finally produced his highly anticipated third novel, The Marriage Plot.

Issue 3720 27th Aug 2011

26th Dec 2009

The ageing actor in The Humbling has lost it, and so has its author with this novel.

Issue 3624 24th Oct 2009

Glen David Gold's novel Sunnyside is at its best when it focuses on Charlie Chaplin.

Issue 3601 16th May 2009

Martin Edmond's intoxicating account ofone of Australia's favourite nation-building stories.

Issue 3600 9th May 2009

Barry Unsworth delves into archaeology and oil in 1914 Mesopotamia.

Issue 3597 18th Apr 2009

David Malouf delights in almost everything - be i Homer or a rosemary bush.

Issue 3562 16th Aug 2008

A debut novel that's a guilty pleasure and a literary page-turner.