Difference between revisions of "Women's Prize for Fiction 2013"
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|author=A M Homes | |author=A M Homes | ||
|title=May We Be Forgiven | |title=May We Be Forgiven | ||
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| − | |summary= We don't have a | + | |summary=May We Be Forgiven is not an easy book to summarise. The book is narrated by Harold, a fairly pedestrian academic teacher and aspiring writer of history and particularly the Nixon era. We don't have to wait long for the catalyst that changes his life fundamentally over the course of a year. His high flying, younger brother, George, is involved in a car accident shortly after Thanksgiving and an adulterous encounter will change the lives of Harold and George forever. AM Homes offers a biting satire of the American Dream, taking swipes at materialism, families that are more nuclear fallout than nuclear, Internet sex sites and the dependence on drugs and psychiatrists to keep people on the straight and narrow. |
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847083242</amazonuk> | |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847083242</amazonuk> | ||
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Revision as of 15:15, 11 April 2013
It used to be the Orange Prize for Fiction - now it's the Women's Prize for Fiction and these are the longlisted books:
