I have had David Miller’s novel Snowdrops on my “to read” list for quite a while, after reading a synopsis when it appeared on Amazon’s Rising Stars list earlier this year. It has since then received much acclaim, making it first onto this year’s Man Booker Shortlist, and then subsequently being selected for the final [...]
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Man Booker Prize Longlist 2011
On July 26th the long list for the 2011 Man Booker prize was revealed. For me this is always one of the most important events in the literary calendar. Although I don’t tend to slavishly read the entire list, it does usually form a sizeable part of my reading list for the forthcoming twelve months, [...]
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
I’m slowly but surely working my way through most of the 2010 Man Booker Prize Long List and am so pleased that I got hold of a copy of Paul Murray’s Skippy Dies early on in my quest. It’s a fabulous piece of work and thoroughly deserving of its place on this year’s Booker Long [...]