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Yes, I probably will...
about 9 years after everyone else has though.
Probably not...
not my sort of topic to be honest.
i've read it
it's a very 'serious' read - it's very intensive, she has a distinctive way of writing. she uses the pronoun 'he' all the time, so it's third person, yet you are very close to the character. i really enjoyed it, but thought it lost its way towards the end in that you invest a lot in the character and then realise he is simply a 'facilitator' of events. but i guess it's just her angle on the character, and it's true to how history works. errr.
also, i'm glad i've read it
it's the first time i've guessed the winner. HA. though it was kind of a given.
I'm reading it at the moment.
I'm finding it pretty hard work (my Tudor history isn't great) but persevering with it.Weirdly it reminds me a bit of The Damned United.
The only one of the shortlist I didn't read is the AS Byatt. Wolf Hall is in a totally different league to the others listed. It's an immense piece of work.
It also gains points for referring to a Welsh character as "leek eating cunt" in the first few pages...
I read her last book (I think it was her last book) Beyond Black
which was good though bloody depressing. I'll hav to try this one sometime, the only shortlisted book I read this year was the Sarah Waters (because she's one of my favourite authors).
i liked beyond black
but sometimes i think she's incredible, but there's a bit of bbc 1 victoria wood comedy lite running through her writing (even in wolf hall, but especially in beyond black).
there should be no first but there
the woman has a very scary face.
"A face for writing."
I was going to get all irritated with you for not giving us the name of the book
Then I Googled and discovered that it wasn't an unnamed book by Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall, but instead it was "Wolf Hall" by Hillary Mantel.
You are now on the list, Soapy. Especially because of this:
http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2009/0910/booker_prize_1006.jpg
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No. Fictionalising real people is the kind of shit up with which I will not put.
In comics it's okay.
You're denying yourself a Robert Harris back catalogue.
Bad idea.
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This is the guy who writes those ancient Rome thrillers - funny, as that's exactly who I was thinking of when I wrote that post.
Fatherland is great.
As is Pompeii. The others aren't quite so good.
it is good
if im remembering it right, the one about stalin?
The Stalin one is Archangel.
I don't really think much of that. It's a bit too 'obvious' for me, though it has its moments.
Fatherland's the one set in an alternative 1963 where Hitler won the war.
Fatherland's fantastic
Archangel or Enigma, mind
heard Pompeii's good
You need to read American Tabloid by James Ellroy,
it's ossum.
Yeah, although I've resisted ordering it because I've already got a stack of books to read
and may as well wait for the paperback. Looking forward to reading it at some point though.
If anyone's thinking of reading other books by her, as well as Beyond Black, Fludd is very good. Apart from anything else, it has some of the best similes I've ever come across.
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...is that a good thing now?
I like similes
They're like a garnish, adding a flavoursome counterpoint to a tasty dish.
(Her similes are much better than mine, by the way.)
Noble Prize announced
fewer people read it
The winner might be Romanian living in Germany, the other way around or just plain German the anchor on News24 didn't sound very sure.
But the good news is that Literature is one of the seeded prizes so the winner stands a good chance of getting through the play-offs to become Overall Noble Laureate of the Year
Romanian living in Germany, it seems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herta_M%C3%BCller
I'm enjoying it but the writing style is a bit annoying at times.
I don't know if I could read the next one any time soon.
you're the new russian troll. 2009 rly?
I remembered this thread because of the confusing post Soapy made.
Finally I am reading the book. So I thought I'd resurrect this one.