This year's Man Booker longlist is now out- see list here:
http://novelsuggestions.com/2011/07/26/ ... list-2011/
Again, historical novels are well represented
Jamrach's Menagerie (brilliant- just reading it) - Victorian era
Sisters Brothers - Old West
Derby Day - Victorian era
Far to Go - WWII
On Canaan's Side and Stranger's Child both move from the early 20th century to a later period.
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Man Booker 2011 longlist announced
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I have Jamrach's Menagerie on my TBR pile.
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Esi Edugyan's Half Blood Blues looks like another historical, centering on three black jazz musicians in Berlin in 1939 when the Nazis ban jazz. Part of the novel is also set in 1989.
So that makes 7 of 13 - more half are historical novels!
So that makes 7 of 13 - more half are historical novels!
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