The New York Times Book Review
The Abyss of Human Illusion. A review of Gilbert Sorrentino's last novel, from February 2010.
Boston Review
Man of Principle. An essay on Arthur Koestler, with a review of Michael Scammell's biography, fromMay/June 2010.
Desperately Seeking Sam. A remembrance of Samuel Beckett, from November/December 2009.
Fateful Gates. An essay on the amazing life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from March/April 2009.
Intimate Revenge. An essay on the perilous peace in Northern Ireland, from September/October 2008.
We Laughed, We Cried. An essay on the life and work of Flann O'Brien, from July/August 2008.
The Monarch of All. An essay on the fantasy world of John Cowper Powys, from March/April, 2008.
Nabokov's Gift. An essay on the happy genius of Vladimir Nabokov, from July/August 2007.
The Quiet Man. An essay on the life and work of John McGahern, from January/February 2007.
The Lost Ones. An essay on the existentialist fiction of John Banville, from February/March 2004.
The Economist
Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov, and The Lunch That Wasn't. The near-miss of two Russian literary giants, one day in Montreux. From January, 2009.
Context
Reading Aidan Higgins. An appreciation of the eccentric and brilliant Irish author, from 2007.
Autosavant
A Voyage Around My Car. A Jaguar of my own.
Boylan's Dream Garage. The cars I'd own if I could.
A Moment of Ostalgie. Automotive ghosts of East Germany.
Memory Lanes: The Autostrada del Sole. Italy's north-south superhighway.
Dmitri Nabokov, Car Guy. The many cars in the life of Vladimir's son.
