Difference between revisions of "Man Booker Prize 2013"
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|author=Colum McCann | |author=Colum McCann | ||
|title=TransAtlantic | |title=TransAtlantic | ||
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|genre=Literary Fiction | |genre=Literary Fiction | ||
| − | |summary= | + | |summary=In 1845 ex-slave, black American Frederick Douglass visits Ireland for a lecture tour about freedom and emancipation only to discover he's not preaching to the converted after all. In 1919 Alcock and Brown climb into a rickety aircraft to fly the Atlantic and land in Limerick. In 1994 Senator George Mitchell also travels to Ireland watched by a world that's about to see a miracle of negotiation. Meanwhile through it all Lily and her descendants are also there, not only watching history but living it on both sides of the Atlantic. |
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408829371</amazonuk> | |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408829371</amazonuk> | ||
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Revision as of 15:21, 5 September 2013
The longlist was announced on 23 July. The shortlist is in the diary for 10 September and the winner will be announced on 15 October.
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