The winner will be announced on November 9.
- David Bergen: The Matter with Morris
- Alexander MacLeod: Light Lifting
- Sarah Selecky: This Cake Is for the Party
- Johanna Skibsrud: The Sentimentalist
- Kathleen Winter: Annabel
Only David Bergen has been here before, and he took the prize in 2005 for The Time in Between.
I read four of the longlisters: Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists, Cordelia Strube’s Lemon, Douglas Coupland’s Player One, and Avner Mandelman’s The Debba. As you can see, not one made the shortlist. I would have liked to see both Lemon and The Imperfectionists on the list.
But their exclusion means I have five books to look forward to reading over the next month. I am thrilled that Alexander MacLeod’s collection of short stories and Kathleen Winter’s Annabel are on the list, as they were two that I really wanted to read. I’m a bit sad that Jane Urquhart’s Sanctuary Line didn’t make it. However, I foresee myself having a Jane Urquhart year fairly soon, so I think I’ll get there anyway.
Hello, (just dropping in on one of my favourite blogs while I’m overseas on holidays – I’m having a great time but I miss reading these posts)…
Five books in a month means you have an excellent excuse to avoid any chores around the house LOL!
Lisa (in Dublin today)
Thanks for dropping by, Lisa. Keep us posted on your whereabouts!
Rachman snubbed again! I can only hope that the five on here are better…if so I will happily read all of them.