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The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma [2015 Booker shortlist]

October 12, 2015June 6, 2022 BookerTalk 13 Comments 2015 Man Booker Prize, Chigozie Obioma

In the small town of Akure in Nigeria, an ambitious father dreams of the illustrious futures awaiting his sons. Ikenna the

Snapshot October 2015

October 4, 2015October 4, 2015 BookerTalk 11 Comments Alan Bennett, Anthony Doerr, Chigozie Obioma, yasmina khadra, Yrsa Sigurdardottiron

October 1 saw me on a business trip to Germany. Here’s a snapshot of what I was doing on that

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Reading overload

August 2, 2015August 2, 2015 BookerTalk 15 Comments 2015 Man Booker Prize, Andrew O'Hagan, Anne Enright, Chigozie Obioma, Mark Henshaw

I blame the people who run our public library service. They’ve made it too darn easy to reserve books on

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Man Booker Prize longlist 2015

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 BookerTalk 35 Comments 2015 Man Booker Prize, Andrew O'Hagan, Anna Smaill, Anne Enright, Anne Tyler, Anuradha Roy, Bill Clegg, Chigozie Obioma, Hanya Yanagihara, Laila Lalami, Marilynne Robinson, Marlon James, Sunjeev Sahota, Tom McCarthy

I admit defeat. I am clearly not skilled in the art of book prize predictions. When the Man Booker prize judges

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