{"id":10081,"date":"2013-09-10T13:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T17:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=10081"},"modified":"2013-09-10T13:01:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T17:01:34","slug":"2013-man-booker-prize-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2013\/09\/10\/2013-man-booker-prize-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Man Booker Prize shortlist was announced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>The Luminaries<\/em><\/strong>, by Eleanor Catton<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Harvest<\/em><\/strong>, by Jim Crace<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>A Tale for the Time Being<\/em><\/strong>, by Ruth Ozeki<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Lowland<\/em><\/strong>, by Jhumpa Lahiri<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>We Need New Names<\/em><\/strong>, by NoViolet Bulawayo<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Testament of Mary<\/em><\/strong>, by Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to say that I had five books on the longlist, and each of the five made it to the shortlist (meaning, I don&#8217;t have to fight the temptation to go buy some more books today). The only one I&#8217;ve read so far is <em>Harvest<\/em>, which I liked very much and plan on reviewing here soon.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in discussing the shortlist in depth, <a title=\"The Mookse and Gripes Forum\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.myfreeforum.org\/viewforum.php?f=13&amp;sid=4e62ca20972c407fdf6ff153a9a12165\" target=\"_blank\">please visit my forum<\/a>, which has an active group of interested (and interesting) readers hashing out the Booker this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Man Booker Prize shortlist was announced: The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton Harvest, by Jim Crace A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri We Need New Names, by NoViolet Bulawayo The Testament of Mary, by Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn I&#8217;m thrilled to say that I had five books on the 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