The Whitbread shortlist came out today. Alan Hollinghurst’s Line of Beauty, the recent Man Booker award winner, is on the fiction list. Jonathan Strange is on the first novel list and a likely contender. I have had a galley of Kate Atkinson’s Case Histories on my desk for a while. Has anyone heard anything about this? It looks interesting, but the pull to read it is not strong enough, if that makes sense.
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Sarah Weinman has been pushing the Kate Atkinson. If you go to her site she has it on her recommended list right now, and I believe she also mentioned it in a post about books that transcend genre.
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Thanks! I knew someone had to have written about it.
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I’ve gotten about halfway through it…it’s interesting and really entertaining in spots. (I took a break to read Sam Harris’ End of Faith) There are a few very distinct storylines, one common character (the detective) and damned if I can tell how any of it’s going to fit together. I think it’s worth a read.
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