Howard Jacobson has won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question. I loved Galgut’s In a Strange Room, but I’m very happy that The Finkler Question won.
This year was a good year for me. Of the four shortlisters I read, I would have been happy had In a Strange Room, The Finkler Question, or C won. Had Parrot and Olivier in America won, I would have at least said they gave it to a good writer, even if I didn’t particularly enjoy the book.
I echo those thoughts: Galgut’s was the best of the books on there but I’m more than happy for Jacobson to take the award.
An interesting note that shows how much I enjoyed both the Jacobson and the Galgut (my first book, in each case) is that after finishing the book I immediately went out and bought some of their backlists. Now, if I knew how to fit the books into my reading . . .
I agree wholeheartedly. I’m so pleased FINKLER won.I haven’t read Galgut’s book yet but I want to and I’m heartened to hear you enjoyed it.