Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. His first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was published in 1993 to great acclaim and he has received numerous awards for his work. In 2003, Eugenides received the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Middlesex, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and France's Prix Medicis and has sold more than 3 million copies.

Jeffrey Eugenides book reviews

  • Middlesex 4 out of 5

    Good but Different

    by Catherine G, Nov 17, 2011

    This story is the coming of age of a hermafrodite, And also the story of his grandparents, which is quite colorful. It is easy reading and keeps your interest. read more

  • The Virgin Suicides 4 out of 5

    by Mandy143, Mar 4, 2010

    A quick, dark read. If you saw the movie the book is even better. read more

  • The Virgin Suicides 5 out of 5

    An insightful suburban fiction

    by izabelazarow, Jan 29, 2010

    The novel by Jeffrey Eugenides is a very interesting read. The unique narration, that consist of voices of several men looking back on their childhood neighbourhood, is stylized as an investigation ... read more

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