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.
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Got Got – NEEED. Swaps?
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
The (Pages of Hackney) Booker Longlist: The Year Of The Usual Suspects????
Sunday, July 25th, 2010It 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)
Book Club: The Sea by John Banville. Monday 28th June.
Friday, June 18th, 2010If you would like to join the Pages of Hackney Book Group then please email eleanor@pagesofhackney.co.uk.
JG Farrell Wins 1970 ‘Lost’ Booker Prize
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Author JG Farrell has won the Lost Man Booker Prize, a one-off award for books published in 1970, which were not considered for the honour at the time.
The winning novel, Troubles, missed out first time around because rules about publication dates changed – and many works fell through the net.
Judges praised the novel, set in 1919 during the Irish War of Independence, as “a worthy winner”.
Farrell also won the 1973 prize for The Siege of Krishnapur. He died in 1979.
Had Troubles actually won in 1970, Farrell would have become the first author to win the Booker twice.
