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How A Relative Unknown Scored Amazon's Book of the Year

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thegayrecluse
11/10/08

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More proof that in some respects, the UK is light years ahead of the US, where "gay" and "literary" have tended to cancel each other out for the past ____ decades. I'll be curious to see if the book contains any literal cocksucking/assfucking. And hey, forget Zadie Smith, I think Alan Hollinghurst is single (?) -- now that would be a literary power-couple.
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MrInBetween
11/09/08

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What a yawner of a Top Ten. Combined, those 10 books won't sell 100,000 in hardcover. Where is Nelson DeMille, or Michael Connelly, or Tom Friedman, or Malcolm Gladwell, some other perennial mega-seller? Those beloved authors don't make the Top Ten because they sell warehouses full of books without amazon's annual weak (and ineffective) attempt to prop up unknown authors.
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Weegee's bored
11/09/08

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I grew up in a "literary household." My mother is the only one I know who made it all the way through "Finnegan's Wake." It took me a long time to appreciate that upbringing.
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BookishLatkeish
11/09/08

@Weegee's bored: Books have ruined my life. But I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Meg
11/09/08

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Ooooh, I haven't read The Likeness yet, but I am dying to after reading In the Woods. And while I love Det. Maddox, I can only hope there will be another book in the future, that continues Det. Ryan's story.
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prince_matchabelli
11/09/08

@Meg: I just finished The Likeness. I recommend it (like that carries any weight), but I don't want to say anything that affects your experience of it. There are hints that she (the author) isn't finished with Det. Ryan yet. I hope she does explain what happened to him at some point.
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Meg
11/09/08

@prince_matchabelli: That is great to hear! And because I don't want to say anything that may ruin the first book for anyone who hasn't read it yet (and you should -- it's awesome!), I left you a note on your profile.
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skahammer
11/09/08

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I was all set to load up the .50-cal Repeating Snark Cannon and discharge it at this fantastical phrase "literary households"...but I'm still feeling too much residual glow from the Obama victory to pull the trigger.

Still, we are paying attention out here. You can't expect to slip howlers like that past us just because it's the weekend.
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belltolls
11/09/08

@skahammer: In our household when Nick Adams doesn't take out the trash I give his dinner to Oliver Twist.
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Alex Carnevale
11/09/08

@belltolls:

Can it be that bad a turn of phrase when it inspires this kind of creativity? :P
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belltolls
11/09/08

@Alex Carnevale: We are just still giddy from the election. All of us: the little women, the boys from Brazil, all the sad young men and especially the men without women (except for the ones who are without men).
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PandoraSpocks
11/09/08

@skahammer: I dated this guy once who owned 3 books. All of them about golf. So, compared to that we here are very literate.

BTW, I missed the Ron Rash book completely. Anyone know anything about that?
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bjonston
11/09/08

@PandoraSpocks: Three books, huh? What was that like? Was he a quiet silent type? Or was he more of a talker? Was he at least a good golfer? Was he good at anything else? I am totally fascinated by the idea. Tell us more. Please?
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Iceland Spar
11/09/08

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Maybe its the size of the field the judges have to choose from (considering its basically the entire English speaking world other than the U.S.), but the Man Booker short-list seems to consistently turn up over-looked gems far more regularly than any of the similar U.S. based awards.
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