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Joseph Olshan

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Joseph Olshan is the author of Nightswimmer.
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Lovesick by James Driggers

  • Joseph Olshan
  • November 16, 2015
Joseph Olshan reviews Lovesick by James Driggers today in Rumpus Books.
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H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

  • Joseph Olshan
  • June 11, 2015
Joseph Olshan reviews H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald today in Rumpus Books.
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There’s Something I Want You to Do by Charles Baxter

  • Joseph Olshan
  • May 4, 2015
Joseph Olshan reviews There's Something I Want You To Do by Charles Baxter today in Rumpus Books.
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Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas

  • Joseph Olshan
  • January 1, 2015
Joseph Olshan reviews Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas today in Rumpus Books.
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My Struggle Books One–Three by Karl Ove Knausgaard

  • Joseph Olshan
  • June 17, 2014
Joseph Olshan reviews MY STRUGGLE (Books One - Three) by Karl Ove Knausgaard today in The Rumpus Books.
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The Purchase by Linda Spalding

  • Joseph Olshan
  • October 29, 2013
Joseph Olshan reviews Linda Spalding's THE PURCHASE today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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One Hippopotamus and Magpies

  • Joseph Olshan
  • January 12, 2012
Lynne Barrett’s story collection, Magpies, soaks in the muggy atmosphere of South Florida, with her well-told stories of swamplands and housing developments.
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