Thomas Berger

The Return of Little Big Man (2000)

In 1964, Berger gave us the wonderful gift of the novel "Little Big Man", wherein the 111-yr-old Jack Crabb begins telling us his life story, starting with how his family was killed by the Cheyenne while traveling across Nebraska. 35 years after "Little Big Man" was published, Berger gives us a ...

Little Big Man (1999)

Smarter people than I have noted that the Captivity Narrative is America’s first indigenous literary genre. For what it’s worth (not much!) I happen to agree. Stories about white men, women, and children taken by the Indians have been told on these shores since long before the United States came ...

The Feud (1989)

Sneaky People (2005)

The Houseguest (2004)

Neighbors (2005)

Adventures of the Artificial Woman (2005)

Regiment of Women (1991)

Changing the Past (1992)

Suspects (1996)

Reinhart's Women (1989)

I've found Berger's Reinhart novels to be a mixed bag. He was never able to match the quality of the best of them (the second novel, _Reinhart in Love_), and hit a particular low point with the third, _Vital Parts_. This novel, however, shows us a more mature Reinhart and a more mature Berger as ...

Being Invisible (1987)

Crazy in Berlin (1982)

Orrie's Story (1992)