Thursday, January 24, 2008

Michael Redhill

And we are witnessing the coming of age of several very fine writers who will soon bulldoze the aging Young Turks: Michael Redhill, Yann Martel. Reading them is quite reassuring.” The author says he has no immediate plans to put pen to .

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Gifted by Nikita Lalwani On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn Consolation by Michael Redhill .

Consolation by Michael Redhill (William Heinemann) Animal's People by Indra Sinha (Simon & Schuster) Winnie & Wolf by AN Wilson (Hutchinson) And I'm also happy that Darkmans by Nicola Barker, one of my favs, is also in there. .

Consolation by Michael Redhill Animal’s People by Indra Sinha Winnie & Wolf by AN Wilson. The short list will be announced on September 6, and the winner on October 16. Bookmark to: Add 'Booker Prize Long List' to Del.icio.us Add .

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Gifted by Nikita Lalwani On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Consolation by Michael Redhill .

. On Chesil Beach (Jonathan Cape)Catherine O'Flynn, What Was Lost (Tindal Street Press)Michael Redhill, Consolation (William Heinemann)Indra Sinha, Animal's People (Simon Schuster)AN Wilson, Winnie Wolf (Hutchinson) (ANI)

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray) Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (Viking) On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape) What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (Tindal Street) Consolation by Michael Redhill (William Heinemann) .

Publication Info: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2007.

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray) Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (Viking) On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape) What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn (Tindal Street) Consolation by Michael Redhill (William Heinemann) .

I always think I look like a toad sitting on a mushroom when I sit on a plain wooden stool. In the case of these three pieces, they used to serve time in my apartment when my boys came over. I was never terribly fond of the plain wood, .

Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist · Peter Ho Davies, The Welsh Girl · Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip · Nikita Lalwani, Gifted · Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach · Catherine O'Flynn, What Was Lost · Michael Redhill, Consolation .

. worthies include, of course, the Guardian, which looks at this year's giant killers;contrast that with the Times, which declares "not too many surprises";and this Toronto look at Michael Redhill, whose Consolation sits on our shelf. .

Consolation by Michael Redhill (William Heinemann) · Animal's People by Indra Sinha (Simon & Schuster) · Winnie & Wolf by AN Wilson (Hutchinson). It's the first year, I'm proud to say, that I interviewed one of the nominees. .

Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (Viking) On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape) What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn (Tindal Street) Consolation by Michael Redhill (William Heinemann) Animal’s People by Indra Sinha (Simon & Schuster .