Best of bookers vote
The Man Booker prize has announced a one-off celebratory Best of Bookers award to mark the 40th anniversary of the prize. The goal is to choose the best winning novel from the last 40 years. A shortlist of six winners was released recently (see link below), and the public can vote till July 8th to register their favorites.
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1021
The six books short-listed are:
1. The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
2. Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
3. Disgrace by JM Coetzee
4. The Siege of Krishnapur by JG Farrell
5. The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
6. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
I have read Coetzee’s and Rushdie’s novels, and am planning to try and read at least one or two of the others prior to the vote deadline.
Read some of these novels and vote for your favourite! How often do we get to determine the winner in a prestigious literary award? Discuss the books with your friends.