tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post9140321728535379340..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Thoughts on the 2011 Man Booker Prize FinalistsLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-18920651894040872902011-10-17T16:39:42.435-05:002011-10-17T16:39:42.435-05:00Sounds like The Sense of an Ending, yet done bette...Sounds like <i>The Sense of an Ending</i>, yet done better. Will keep that in mind, as there were parts that I did enjoy, which makes the poorer parts all that more frustrating to me.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-69621316277159803202011-10-17T12:56:29.731-05:002011-10-17T12:56:29.731-05:00"I have not read any Barnes prior to this...&..."I have not read any Barnes prior to this..."<br /><br />My friend, by all means, you must read _A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters_.<br /><br />You will find it frustrating. You will find a lot of it brilliant. You will not forget it.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-7381905317185219542011-10-17T08:29:34.566-05:002011-10-17T08:29:34.566-05:00It seems a strange coincidence that four of the si...It seems a strange coincidence that four of the six shortlisted books were read on Radio 4's<br />"Book at Bedtime" this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com