Booker Prize Shortlist
The Man Booker Prize shortlist was announced today. Former winners Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie and JM Coetzee were absent from the list. The shortlisted authors are: John Banville, Julian Barnes, Sebastian Barry, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ali Smith and Zadie Smith. [Press Release] BBC report. The Guardian has a blog where you can say what you think of the shortlist.
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I have to say I'm pleased because my two favourites are on the list - John Banville's The Sea (simply wonderful writing) & Kazuo Ishiguro's very original dystopian vision Never Let Me Go. I also really enjoyed Ali Smith's The Accidental, a rather unsettling tale. Interestingly, all three are by today's standards quite slim novels, unlike many of the other contenders. I'd love one of them to win - the triumph of quality over bulk?
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Marianne Bradnock, at 9:02 pm
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