Shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize Five words from the blurb: vivid, child, grief, eccentric, family Astonishing Splashes of Colour is a vivid account of the grief felt by one woman because of her inability to have children. The central character, Kitty, desperately tries to be happy but every time she sees a child she is [...]
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Family Matters – Rohinton Mistry
A Fine Balance is my favourite book and so you’d have thought I’d have gone out and read all of Mistry’s books straight away. The reality is that I was too scared to read them - I knew my expectations were far too high and didn’t want to be disappointed. I eventually built up the courage [...]
The Booker Prize Announcement
Last night the Booker Prize was awarded to Julian Barnes for Sense of an Ending and although I didn’t enjoy it I was pleased because I thought it was the most deserving book on the shortlist. In the run up to the prize announcement I normally do a prediction post, but as you’ve probably seen [...]
Half Blood Blues – Esi Edugyan
Short listed for 2011 Booker Prize Five words from the blurb: Berlin, black, betrayal, cabaret, secrets Half Blood Blues begins in 1940s Paris and follows the members of a jazz band who have fled to the city to escape the Nazi regime. The star of the band is Hiero, a trumpet player of outstanding talent. [...]
The 2011 Booker Prize Short List
The 2011 Booker short list has just been announced as: (all links go to my thoughts on each book) The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt Half Blood Blues by Esi Edgyan Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman Snowdrops by A.D. Miller DNF I [...]
Who will make the 2011 Booker Short List?
I have now attempted to read all the books on this year’s Booker long list and am sad to report that I haven’t had much luck with them. I only found two books I really enjoyed; the rest were a mixture of average reads and ones that irritated me. Predicting a short list is an almost impossible task so [...]
