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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 0:25:04 GMT
was it worthy of winning?
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Post by mrdanwest on Aug 6, 2018 2:51:21 GMT
Of the six that I’ve read:
4 of them (The Remains of the Day, The Blind Assassin, The Life of Pi, and Lincoln in the Bardo) were pretty fantastic 1 of them (A Sense of an End) was quite good, but not as good as the above four. And 1 (Amsterdam) left me kind of meh.
I have quite a few others on my to read list as well.
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Post by darknessfish on Aug 6, 2018 8:53:05 GMT
Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children This is generally considered one of the better winners, but I didn't think all that much of it.
Thomas Keneally - Schindler's Ark Yeah, it's pretty bloody good.
Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day I like some Ishiguro. But not this one.
Ben Okri - The Famished Road Interesting style, more than a great book, I thought. Don't mind it winning though.
Roddy Doyle - Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha I thought it was pretty good, but I can't recall much about it. I think I've read many books in a similar style, and they've all blurred into one since.
James Kelman - How late it was, how late Fuck no, tedious shite.
Graham Swift - Last Orders It was alright, not exactly stunning, but a pleasant enough distraction.
Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things Aye, it's a good 'un.
J. M. Coetzee - Disgrace Miserable as sin, but I can see why it won.
Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang A bit tedious again, I thought.
Yann Martel- Life of Pi Nah, not for me, CLive
DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little Yeah, that's an awesome book, possibly the best on this list.
John Banville - The Sea Beautiful, but slight.
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger Yeah, this was pretty good as well. Has he written anything since, other than that collection of short stories?
Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall Yup, it's as good as the critical acclaim would indicate.
Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending Jesus Christ, no. Stooopid.
Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies Aye.
Richard Flanagan - The Narrow Road to the Deep North There's something about Flanagan's style that I find a bit off-putting, but it is a powerful book.
Marlon James - A Brief History of Seven Killings Yeah, this is up there with the best. Brutal, and such a vivid telling.
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Post by louise on Aug 6, 2018 15:48:38 GMT
I don't think so. only a shortlisted one, Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym,
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