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Shortlisted : Booker Prize 1995
By Golly! They must have been on a promise to shortlist this!!!
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04 February 2013
04 November 2009
03 November 2009
02 November 2009
01 November 2009
Oryx And Crake ~ Magaret Atwood
***** FAVOURITE *****Shortlisted : Booker Prize 2003
Dystopian chills
A dark and disastrous future
While the future presented by Atwood may be dark the reading is not (not in the same way as The Road with its unremitting bleakness). The story is told in flashback to reveal what has gone wrong in the world.
Atwood has a clever way with product names. Strong environmental ideas resonate through the narrative.
01 October 2009
01 September 2009
The Road ~ Cormac McCarthy
***** FAVOURITE *****
Winner : Pulitzer Prize 2007
Finalist : National Book Critics Circle Award 2006
Finalist : National Book Critics Circle Award 2006
Inheritance of Loss ~ Kiran Desai
**** RECOMMEND ****
Winner : Booker Prize 2006
Winner : National book Critics Circle Award 2006
Winner : National book Critics Circle Award 2006
03 August 2009
02 August 2009
Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuro Ishiguro
***** FAVOURITE *****
Shortlisted : Booker Prize 2005
Finalist : National Book Critics Circle Award 2005
Finalist : National Book Critics Circle Award 2005
01 August 2009
A Short History Of Tractors In The Ukrainian ~ Marina Lewycka
**** RECOMMEND ****
Longlisted : Booker Prize 2005
01 July 2009
Gilead ~ Marilynne Robinson
** OK **
Winner : Pulitzer Prize 2005
Winner : National Book Critics Circle Award 2004
Winner : National Book Critics Circle Award 2004
02 June 2009
01 June 2009
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon
***** FAVOURITE *****
Winner : Whitbred Book of the Year
Longlisted : Booker Prize 2003
02 May 2009
01 May 2009
01 April 2009
The Amber Spyglass ~ Philip Pullman
***** FAVOURITE *****
Longlisted : Booker Prize 2001
#3 in His Dark Materials
03 February 2009
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