The Man Booker Prize Winner - 2007

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The Gathering by Enright, Anne The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. His sister Veronica was there then, as she is now: keeping the dead man company, just for another little while. The Gathering is a family epic, condensed and clarified through the remarkable lens of Anne Enright's unblinking eye. It is also a sexual history: tracing the line of hurt and redemption through three generations - starting with the grandmother, Ada Merriman - showing how memories warp and family secrets fester.

 

The Man Booker Prize - Shortlist 2007

1		Mister Pip Author : Jones, Lloyd In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 82.90
2		Darkmans Author : Barker, Nicola If History is just a sick joke which keeps on repeating itself, then who exactly might be telling it, and why? Could it ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 69.90
3		On Chesil Beach Author : McEwan, Ian ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 79.90
4		The Reluctant Fundamentalist Author : Hamid, Mohsin At a cafe table in Lahore, a Pakistani man begins the tale that has led to his fateful meeting with an uneasy American stranger... ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 60.50
5		Animal's People Author : Sinha, Indra "I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I walked ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 70.50

The Man Booker Prize Winner - 2006

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The Inheritance of Loss by Desai, Kiran Kiran Desai's first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries. Now Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency challenges the old way of life. In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered old judge who wants to retire in peace when his orphaned granddaughter Sai arrives on his doorstep. The judge's chatty cook watches over her, but his thoughts are mostly with his son, Biju, hopscotching from ...

The Man Booker Prize - Shortlist 2006

1		Carry Me Down Author : Hyland,Mj John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve-year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 64.90
2		Mother's Milk Author : St Aubyn, Edward The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught up in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 35.90
3		The Night Watch (Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006) Author : Waters, Sarah The Night Watch is the extraordinary story of four Londoners: Kay, who wanders the streets in mannish clothes, restless ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 37.50
4		In the Country of Men Author : Matar, Hisham Libya, 1979. Nine-year-old Suleiman’ s days are circumscribed by the narrow rituals of childhood: outings to the ruins surrounding ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 89.90
5		The Secret River Author : Grenville, Kate The Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville recalls her family's history in an astounding novel about the pioneers of ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 79.90

The Man Booker Prize Winner -2005

1		The Sea (Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2005) Author : Banville,John When art historian Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday, he is both escaping ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 35.90

The Man Booker Prize - Shortlist 2005

1		A Long Long Way Author : Barry, Sebastian ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 34.00
2		Never Let Me Go (Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2005) Author : Ishiguro, Kazuo In one of the most acclaimed and original novels of recents years, the author imagines the lives of a group of students ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 32.95
3		Arthur & George Author : Barnes, Julian Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 69.90
4		On Beauty Author : Smith, Zadie Howard Belsey is an Englishman abroad, an academic teaching in Wellington, a college town in New England. Married young, ... Usual Local Delivery: 4-6 weeks Our Price : RM 60.50

About the Prize

How the Man Booker Prize for Fiction transforms the fortunes of writers.

The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and even publishers.

Kiran Desai, who won the prize in 2006 for The Inheritance of Loss, has toured the world since winning. In 2005, John Banville's The Sea saw sales of over a quarter of a million and the publisher has reported a dramatic increase in Banville's backlist sales.  In 2004, not only did Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty reach the bestseller lists, but previous winners Life of Pi (2002) and Vernon God Little (2003) were also amongst the bestselling books of the year.

Now in its thirty-ninth year, the prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The Man Booker judges are selected from the country's finest critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent excellence of the prize.  The winner of the Man Booker Prize receives £50,000 and both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a worldwide readership plus a dramatic increase in book sales.

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