…..Barbara Kingsover is not actually creepy in a Sarah Palin kind-of-a-way. It’s true. You can ask all the people who turned up to the book club last Monday who really enjoyed her latest novel Lacuna.
Click here to listen to our Barbara talk about her latest novel. (Courtesy of the Faber&Faber Blog)
Not all of the Booker nominees have been released yet but we’ll be getting them all in as soon as they become available.
Personally, i’m rooting for Tom McCarthy and David Mitchell.
Next up on Monday the 26th of July (Orange Award Winning….)
Here’s what the Guardian had to say… (Click Me)
It seems to have been a strange year so I reckon that there will be some surprises but here are my guesses for Tuesday’s longlist:
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
Beatrice & Virgil by Yann Martel
Parrot and Oliver in America by Peter Carey
The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis
Solar by Ian McEwan
Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor
Boxer, Beetle by Ned Beauman
Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell
Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay (not sure if this is eligible)
Ned Beauman, author of Boxer, Beetle has kicked up a right stink (here and here) by claiming that using Twitter is ‘beneath the dignity of the published novelist. Is he right? The only people arguing are obviously massive Twitter fans (Jury’s still out for me). So VOTE.
We sold 2 copies of IJ yesterday (which is frankly unprecedented). I had two opportunities to say something other than ‘Thanks very much. I hope you enjoy it. Or worse, ‘have a nice holiday.’ What was i thinking? I could have said:
1. Do you want me to double-bag that?
2. Can we still be friends? When will ever I see you again?
3. How much extra does it cost to fly on Rynair with an Infinite Jest?
4. Are you traveling with a significant other? Do you love them?
5. What part of Chechnya exactly are you staying in?
6. Yeah, this is the one. 2666 and House of Leaves don’t do shit on the blogosphere.
7. Do your wrists hurt when lifting pots of boiling vegetables off the stove? I can tell.
8. My friend Dave mashed it up in a single sitting. I shit you not. Bare truth.
9. Thank you Richard. Thank you Judy.
10. Have you been watching le Tour?
I have never seen anything like this in my life. Click on the picture to try it out.
