Hilary Mantel won the 2012 Booker Prize for the second book in her Tudor trilogy, Bring up the Bodies. I’m a bit surprised that they’ve given her the prize for the second time and am feeling a little deflated about the result. I guess this means I’ll be trying Wolf Hall on audio at some point [...]
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Who will win the 2012 Booker Prize?
Who will win the 2012 Booker Prize? I don’t know! For the first time in several years there isn’t a clear front runner and I wouldn’t be surprised to see any of the books win. That isn’t a bad thing – I think it is wonderful that all the books on the shortlist have their [...]
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Shortlisted for 2012 Booker Prize Five words from the blurb: Malaya, Japanese, war, gardener, tattoo The Garden of Evening Mists is set in a remote region of Northern Malaya. It is here that Yun Ling Teoh, the sole survivor of a Japanese concentration camp, discovers a Japanese garden. She meets the skilled craftsman who created it, but because the [...]
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
Shortlisted for 2012 Booker Prize Five words from the blurb: villa, family, darkness, France, depression Swimming Home is a simple story with complex undercurrents. It is set in a French villa where two couples are sharing a holiday together. The book opens with them discovering a naked woman in their swimming pool. The woman claims to have rented the villa [...]
Abandoned: Umbrella by Will Self
Shortlisted for 2012 Booker Prize Five words from the blurb: people, victims, patient, truth, dense Will Self is an author I’ve wanted to try for a long time and so I was quite pleased that the Booker Prize encouraged me to pick up one of his books. Unfortunately Umbrella didn’t work for me and I wonder [...]
The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
Shortlisted for the 2012 Booker Prize Five words from the blurb: man, Germany, guest house, mother, lonely The Lighthouse is a short book with wonderful imagery, but I can’t decide whether or not it works. It is one of those strange books that balances on the thin line between genius and madness. I’m still thinking about it [...]
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