Chekhov's Mistress
Once Again the People’s Vote Doesn’t Count
[updated:
The Man Booker Prize has been announced and John Banville won. The “People” have chosen Kazuo Ishiguro who pulled well ahead of Julian Barnes and everyone else with 498 votes versus Barnes’ second place at 429 votes. Banville had 181 people’s votes.]
Vote for your favorite at www.themanbookerprize.com/peoples
Here are the choices on the short-list with current votes in parenthesis:
| Author | Title | Publisher |
| Banville, John (181) | The Sea | Picador |
| Barnes, Julian (429) | Arthur & George | Jonathan Cape |
| Barry, Sebastian (132) | A Long Long Way | Faber & Faber |
| Ishiguro, Kazuo (498) | Never Let Me Go | Faber & Faber |
| Smith, Ali (198) | The Accidental | Hamish Hamilton |
| Smith, Zadie (240) | On Beauty | Hamish Hamilton |
comments
Looks like Banville pulls ahead at the last minute. Somewhat surprising.
– Casey Boyle (10/10 at 06:49 PM)
I can’t say I’m disappointed. While I enjoyed Never Let Me Go hugely, I can’t help but let a little patriotic pride creep in at Banville’s win.
– Pierce (10/11 at 05:35 AM)
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: October 10, 2005
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