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The shortlist for the 2011 Man Booker Prize is out:
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The Sense of an EndingA truly wonderful novel that will have the reader immersed in the story from the very first page, and all…
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Jamrach’s MenagerieI was born twice. First in a wooden room that jutted out over the black water of the Thames, and…
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The Sisters BrothersFrom the author of the acclaimed Ablutions, this dazzlingly original novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant…
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Half Blood Blues‘Chip told us not to go out. Said, don’t you boys tempt the devil. But it been one brawl of…
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Pigeon EnglishNewly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a…
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Snowdrops“A.D. Miller’s Snowdrops is a riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, as a young…
>I was a little surprised Alan Hollinghurst's "The Stranger's Child" and Sebastian Barry's "On Canaan's Side" were not on the short list. I was hoping Barry would win. Maybe next year, and congratulations to all who made the short list, especially the debut authors. Quite an accomplishment.
Best,
Gabrielle