The Second Circle

Reviewers

Aravind Adiga was born in India and attended Columbia and Oxford universities. A former correspondent for Time magazine, he is the author of the novel The White Tiger, winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize. He lives in Mumbai. His reviews are:

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
Brief Reviews including Junot Diaz

Johanna Isaacson's reviews are:

The Healing by Gayl Jones

Born in Dublin, Fin Keegan is editor of The Second Circle. His short plays Hibernian Rhapsody, Hibernian Acronymy and Sing, Hibernia appeared in Dublin's Project Arts Centre between 2006 and 2008. His reviews are:

The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare
Omon Ra by Victor Pelevin
The "Loire-Atlantique" Cycle by Jean Rouaud
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
Pereira Declares by Antonio Tabucchi
Justine by Alice Thompson
Brief Reviews including Donald Antrim and John Lanchester
A Profile of the Harvill Press
A Profile of the Editions de Minuit

C. J. McCarthy is a published novelist and regular contributor to The Second Circle. He lives in southern France. His reviews are:

Break it Down by Lydia Davis
Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller
The Age of Wire and String by Ben Marcus
Brief Reviews including Arnon Grunberg and Harry Mulisch

Paul McRandle's fiction has appeared in the New England Review, Black Ice and Volta Fiction. His reviews are:

Fishing For Amber by Ciaran Carson
The Jade Cabinet by Rikki Ducornet
The Tunnel by William Gass
The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Lights out for the Territory by Iain Sinclair
An Interview with John Wray
Fiction Collective 2 by Various
Brief Reviews including Raymond Federman and Iain Sinclair

Fionn Meade lives in Seattle. His contributions are:

An Interview with Jim Crace
An Interview with Michael Ondaatje
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
All Souls Day by Cees Nooteboom
Brief Reviews including John Wray and Rachel Seiffert