Booker Prize 2019 Longlist: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
(Mexico/Italy)
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Guilt by Amanda Robson
Guilt by Amanda Robson
Published in: 2018
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★★]
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Jul 25
Read Around the World: Lebanon
July 2019 we visit Lebanon a country steeped in history and if you believe the hype blessed by God.
Jul 23
The Longlist is here! The Longlist is here!
No total left field picks this year … Nicole’s strategy backfired and I’m completely gutted to see that On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous didn’t make the list.
Booker Prize 2019: the longlist
Margaret Atwood (Canada) – The Testaments (Vintage, Chatto & Windus)
Kevin Barry (Ireland) – Night Boat to Tangier (Canongate Books)
Oyinkan Braithwaite (UK/Nigeria) – My Sister, The Serial Killer (Atlantic Books)
Lucy Ellmann (USA/UK) – Ducks, Newburyport (Galley Beggar Press)
Bernardine Evaristo (UK) – Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton)
John Lanchester (UK) – The Wall (Faber & Faber)
Deborah Levy (UK) – The Man Who Saw Everything (Hamish Hamilton)
Valeria Luiselli (Mexico/Italy) – Lost Children Archive (4th Estate)
Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria) – An Orchestra of Minorities (Little Brown)
Max Porter (UK) – Lanny (Faber & Faber)
Salman Rushdie (UK/India) – Quichotte (Jonathan Cape)
Elif Shafak (UK/Turkey) – 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Viking)
Jeanette Winterson (UK) – Frankissstein (Jonathan Cape)
Jul 22
Lost Children Archive – Valeria Luiselli
Lost Children Archive – Valeria Luiselli
Published in: 2019
Reviewed by: Nicole
Rating: 5/5
Ground Control to Major Tom
Jul 22
Booker Prize 2019 Our Longlist Predictions
The official longlist for this years Booker Prize (the name change is due to new sponsors Sir Michael Moritz and his wife rather than the Man group) is due to be announced on Wednesday so in the “readersroom” tradition of recent years we have assembled our shadow panel and put together our own predictions for the longlist.
Let the madness begin…
Jul 15
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong
Published in: 2019
Reviewed by: Nicole
Rating: 5/5 10/10 20/20 …. (you get the point)
The Au Pair by Emma Rous
The Au Pair by Emma Rous
Published in: 2019
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]
Digging into the past can be dangerous…
Jul 9
A Nearly Normal Family by M T Edvardsson
A Nearly Normal Family by M T Edvardsson
Published in: 2019
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]
What really goes on behind closed doors…
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