Paul Auster: 4 3 2 1
Lee reviews Paul Auster’s 4 3 2 1, which was on this year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist.
2017 Booker Prize
Fiona Mozley: Elmet
Paul reviews Fiona Mozley’s debut novel, Elmet, recently shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Emily Fridlund: History of Wolves
Paul reviews Emily Fridlund’s debut novel, History of Wolves, which was recently shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Mohsin Hamid: Exit West
Paul reviews Mohsin Hamid’s Man Booker Prize Longlisted Exit West, a book he’d love to see on the shortlist and wouldn’t mind seeing take the prize.
Kamila Shamsie: Home Fire
Paul reviews Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire, a reworking of Antigone set in the modern day which is a Man Booker Prize contender.
Mike McCormack: Solar Bones
Lee reviews Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones, the book that won last year’s Goldsmiths Prize, set up to “celebrate qualities of creative daring” and to “reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form.” The book is also a contender for this year’s Man Booker Prize.
Zadie Smith: Swing Time
Lee reviews Zadie Smith’s Swing Time, which was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Jon McGregor: Reservoir 13
Paul reviews his favorite to win the 2017 Man Booker Prize, Jon McGregor’s Reservoir 13.
Ali Smith: Autumn
In his first post for this site (welcome!), Paul reviews Ali Smith’s most recent novel, Autumn.