Last reviews in Booker Prize Nominations

Last reviews in Booker Prize Nominations

• msumner12 30th December 2009

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  This book was incredible. The central feature of the novel being the glass room itself, it adds deep ideas to many of the events which the novel describes. Its fragility is shown in sections where the war comes
  

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• msumner12 30th December 2009

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  This was a very challenging read which, though rewarding towards the end, does require a great deal of commitment. However, it can definitely be said that your perseverance pays off.
  
  The sheer quanti
  

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• Mrdublin 10th April 2009

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  Regardless of the story itself, 'The Secret Scripture' by Sebastian Barry is worth reading for the breathtaking quality of the writing alone. Quite simply beautiful.
  

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• Celia24 28th October 2008

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  When approaching The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher, the heaviness of the book, mirror's the heaviness and the weight of the subject matter. The book is set in Sheffield, following two neighbouring familie
  

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• JLAllen 21st October 2008

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  The White Tiger is a great dry witted first novel which examines Indian social groups and crime levels giving you a sinister and engaging story line all in one vessel. The opinionated narrator talks to you like
  

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• AM48873 21st October 2008

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  A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz.
  
  Toltz comic novel, with its blend of comic absurdity, rich narrative and exhilarating visions, really pulsates.
  
  Short listed for the Man Booker P
  

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• sarahwoodside 21st October 2008

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  A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz's debut novel has started a quarrel in the literary world. One half argue that this is a true masterpiece; stimulating and well thought out, while others argue that the 711-
  

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• RebelAngels 21st October 2008

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  As with his previous works Sebastian Barry's second short listed Booker Prize novel, The Secret Scripture explores the forgotten past of Ireland's troubled history. Barry draws upon his own family history in or
  

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• pledgey123 20th October 2008

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  'Sea of Poppies' is Amitav Ghosh's opening novel in a trilogy instigated whilst researching for his doctorate at Oxford. A collection of letters between Jewish traders sparked the idea for this rather heavily d
  

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• tlindup 20th October 2008

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  If I were to write a novel, I would write it like this. Aravind Adiga's novel 'The White Tiger' depicts a side of India, Western Society isn't much aware of. It uses the voices of the underbelly classes to illu
  

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