Benjamin Markovits

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Benjamin Markovits - Playing Days

28 May 20103 stars

(Faber) Though not explicitly billed as a memoir, Benjamin Markovits’ new novel appears to be largely autobiographical. A college graduate with literary ambitions, its narrator takes up a spot on a second division German basketball team, in a move…

Benjamin Markovits

19 Dec 20063 stars

Imposture (Faber)

LITERARY DRAMA John Polidori (Byron’s travelling companion and doctor) and governess Eliza Esmond embark upon a secretive love affair, under the guises of Byron himself and Eliza’s more glamorous sister. In language stretched and manipulated to…