The voters have spoken, and their choice for the Best of the Booker Prize winners is Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Thirty-six percent of the votes cast in the competition were for Rushdie's allegorical history of India.Details of the BotB are here--David E
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For Highpockets
Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl's latest summer reading recommendations include a book that a friend of mine has long raved about. The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread is finally available again. First printed in 1965, TGTSSB tells the story of nine-year-old Morris Bird III and his hike home across Cleveland. You can even read an excerpt … Continue reading For Highpockets
Sunny, Buddhist Noir
NPR has posted an except of John Burdett's novel Bangkok 8. I haven't read it yet, but if it's half as good as his earlier novel in the same series Bangkok Tattoo, it'll be good. The books are police novels set in modern Thailand. The protaganist is the euphoniously-named Sonchai Jitpleecheep, half-Thai and half-American detective … Continue reading Sunny, Buddhist Noir
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