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I Do Not Come to You By Chance, by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
I found this book at the library and brought it home because ANZ LitLovers had recently read The Other Hand by Chris Cleave, partly set in Nigeria, but not written by a Nigerian. While I don’t … more →
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I Do Not Come to You By Chance, by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
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Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: I found this book at the library and brought it home because ANZ LitLovers had recently read The Oth … more →
Between the Assassinations, by Aravind Adiga
Lisa Hill wrote 4 months ago: I really liked The White Tiger, but I’m a bit disappointed in this, a collection of short stor … more →
Amitav Ghosh's Works - A Literary Postmortem
bangalnama wrote 5 months ago: Had I not checked the invitation letter thoroughly I would surely have missed him. A slightly above … more →
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai
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Lisa Hill wrote 8 months ago: This is one of the saddest books I’ve read. So many books from post-colonial India are, but th … more →
The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
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Lisa Hill wrote 9 months ago: The White Tiger won the Booker in 2008 and there are numerous reviews about it so there is not much … more →
Song for Night by Chris Abani
Lisa Hill wrote 9 months ago: Every now and again I start a book and I know straight away that it’s going to distress me to … more →
In a Free State, by V.S. Naipaul
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Lisa Hill wrote 11 months ago: It’s hard to imagine what effect this book might have had when it won the Booker Prize in 1971 … more →
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
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Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: This was Booker Prize shortlisted, and even though it was a challenging book to read, I enjoyed it. … more →
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (10): This is an unnerving piece of fiction, set in Pak … more →
Irish Novelist Anne Enright Wins the Man Booker Prize, and the Judges Dodge a Bullet
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 years ago: Whew. That was close. No, not the betting on which of the frontrunners for the 2007 Man Booker Prize … more →
Will a Book Written at a Third-Grade Reading Level Get the Man Booker Prize for Fiction Tomorrow?
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 years ago: Tomorrow we ‘ll find out if the Man Booker Prize for Fiction www.themanbookerprize.com will go … more →
Dumbing Down the Man Booker Prize for Fiction: Reading Levels of Finalists and Past Winners Exposed on Monday
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 years ago: Which finalist for the Man Booker Prize is written at the same grade level as Mitch Albom’s Fo … more →
