Booker Prize Short List
Posted by chatfielda on September 6th, 2007
It’s that time of the year again and the Booker shortlist was just announced. Ever since I first read “God of Small Things” for a class in college, I’ve been an avid fan of the annual awarding of British Commonwealth authors. Life of Pi, The Sea, and Small Things are among my favorite books and others have proven themselves time and again as amazing exertions in literature. That being said, here is the shortlist (of which I have only read one book…The Reluctant Fundamentalist - which won’t win).
- Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
- On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
- Darkmans by Nicola Barker
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- Animal’s People by Indra Sinha
- The Gathering by Anne Enright
I always watch this award very carefully, as the powers that be awarding this prize tend to be much better at their jobs than those who hand out other major literary prizes. I’ll post again when the winner is announced (and I’ve read it)