The English love a horse race, |
the judges felt the level of the short-listed novels was as high as it can ever have been. |
The selection of a shortlist, the judges felt, was an unusually difficult process this year. There was sufficient quality for two distinguished lists. |
The strength of the year's competition can be measured by the fact that three good books by previous Man Booker winners were finally not selected. |
There are two proposed bills in the works right now. We're hoping that with continued public pressure the legislature will vote to reform the property tax system. |
There was sufficient quality for two distinguished lists. The strength of the year's competition can be measured by the fact that three good books by previous Man Booker winners were finally not selected. |
These are six extremely different novels, all of them good in a very different way. |
This shortlist, we believe, witnesses to the remarkable quality of the current state of fiction, |
This shortlist, we believe, witnesses to the remarkable quality of the current state of fiction. We look forward to the final round, |
Whilst some may argue that Dickens is really too big a morsel to be swallowed by text, the Great Inimitable himself began working life as a short hand writer, |
Yet it's the only way to get some fizz into the book trade. |