Category: Booker Prize

To Rise Again At A Decent Hour – Joshua Harris

Posted on October 12, 2014 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A New York dentist has his identity stolen via social media ✎ Paul O’Rourke is a New York dentist with a troubled mind. Stemming from the suicide of his father, he constantly questions himself, his actions, the state of the world,… Continue Reading “To Rise Again At A Decent Hour – Joshua Harris”

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How To Be Both – Ali Smith

Posted on October 6, 2014 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Written in two parts, both titled ONE, this is a book about art’s versatility, told by a renaissance painter of the 1460s and a child of the 1960s. ✎ How to Be Both is written in two halves, using both a… Continue Reading “How To Be Both – Ali Smith”

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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler

Posted on September 30, 2014 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Rosemary Cooke reveals the awful truth about her sister who was sent away aged five ✎ This book opens when the main character is a College student, revealing her strained relationships with her mother, father and brother. A return to the… Continue Reading “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler”

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The Narrow Road To The Deep North – Richard Flanagan

Posted on September 26, 2014 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON ✎ This is the story of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian surgeon. It is about his time in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, his loves, his affairs and his old age. The central event is Dorrigo’s time in the prisoner of… Continue Reading “The Narrow Road To The Deep North – Richard Flanagan”

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J – Howard Jacobson

Posted on September 19, 2014 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A love story set in a dystopian future  Decades in the future Kevern lives in a cottage on sea cliffs near Port Reuben and makes art with wood. He meets Ailinn and falls in love. The two begin a passionate romance, and… Continue Reading “J – Howard Jacobson”

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The Lives Of Others – Neel Mukherjee

Posted on September 12, 2014 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Set in 1966 Calcutta, the Ghosh family represents the nation as it battles an imploding business and family battles ✎ The Lives of Others is a big book in every sense of the word. It has many pages, many characters and… Continue Reading “The Lives Of Others – Neel Mukherjee”

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2013 Bookerthon

Posted on October 14, 2013 by

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Novels of note are often a response to societal influences. Either what happens in the world and how humanity responds to it, or bringing light to events of years past to reveal hidden truths. Readers respond to societal and cultural references they recognise, and… Continue Reading “2013 Bookerthon”

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The Testament of Mary – Colm Toibin

Posted on September 29, 2013 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Mary, mother of Jesus, is in her old age and does not believe her son was the son of God ❖ “The Testament of Mary is the story of Mary, mother of Jesus. She is elderly and being visited by ‘the… Continue Reading “The Testament of Mary – Colm Toibin”

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A Tale For The Time Being – Ruth Ozeki

Posted on September 25, 2013 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A Canadian novelist finds a diary of a 16-year-old girl from Tokyo washed up on shore after the 2011 Japanese tsunami ❖ “A Tale For the Time Being is a multi-era, multi-genre, multi-themed, multi-culture, multi-plot book. In it you will find… Continue Reading “A Tale For The Time Being – Ruth Ozeki”

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The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri

Posted on September 20, 2013 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON The story of two brothers living in 1960s Calcutta. One becomes an oceanographer, the other a political activist  ❖  The Lowland features two Bengali brothers Subhash and Udayan who follow different paths as they grow up in Calcutta during the 50s… Continue Reading “The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri”

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