Man Booker Prize Longlist announced.

Here it is:

Aw, Tash The Harmony Silk Factory

Banville, John The Sea

Barnes, Julian Arthur & George

Barry, Sebastian A Long Long Way

Coetzee, J.M. Slow Man

Cusk, Rachel In the Fold

Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go

Jacobson, Dan All For Love

Lewycka, Marina A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Mantel, Hilary Beyond Black

McEwan, Ian Saturday

Meek, James The People’s Act of Love

Rushdie, Salman Shalimar The Clown

Smith, Ali The Accidental

Smith, Zadie On Beauty

Thompson, Harry This Thing Of Darkness

Wall, William This Is The Country

I've read exactly one of these books, and it was so outstanding that a patron brought it back yesterday (I had recommended it to her last week) and I was so happy that she liked it that I jumped up and down.  In the library.  At the circulation desk.  I jumped up and down.  It's a perfect book.

I've been meaning to read the McEwan, the Mantel, the Lewycka and the Barnes.  But I haven't yet.  In the Fold has a really good cover.  I'll have to add it to the TBR list.

Have I mentioned that the fabulous Cloud Atlas was shortlisted for the Booker last year?  Yet another reason to read it.

Comments

[Emily]

You. Jumping up and down. In the library. At the circulation desk...is really not that big of a deal.

[leila]

Shush.