{"id":7238,"date":"2012-04-23T18:42:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T22:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=7238"},"modified":"2016-07-13T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T22:28:47","slug":"2012-orange-prize-for-fiction-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-orange-prize-for-fiction-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m late posting this, but on April 17 the shortlist for the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction was announced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Half-Blood Blues<\/em><\/strong>, by Esi Edugyan (my review <a title=\"Mookse Review of Half-blood Blues\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/10\/18\/esi-edugyan-half-blood-blues\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Forgotten Walz<\/em><\/strong>, by Anne Enright<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Painter of Silence<\/em><\/strong>, by Georgina Harding<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Song of Achilles<\/em><\/strong>, by Madeline Miller<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Foreign Bodies<\/em><\/strong>, by Cynthia Ozick (my review <a title=\"Mookse Review of Foreign Bodies\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2010\/11\/15\/cynthia-ozick-foreign-bodies\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>State of Wonder<\/em><\/strong>, by Ann Patchett (my review <a title=\"Mookse Review of State of Wonder\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/06\/17\/ann-patchett-state-of-wonder\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was thrilled to see Enright and Ozick on the shortlist.\u00a0I certainly did not expect to see them there.\u00a0The winner will be announced on May 30.\u00a0My vote goes to Ozick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange Prize shortlist has been announced. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-orange-prize-for-fiction-shortlist\/><u>Read the full 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