haven't tamed the "White Tiger" yet. But have ploughed through the entire booker list in a fit of madness. Some gems, lots of duds.
My top picks thus far
Midnight's children - Salman Rushdie
The Ghost Road - Pat Barker
Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguru
Blind Assasin - Margaret Atwood
Possession - AS Byatt
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Line of Beauty - Allan Hollinghurst
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
The really terrible ones (avoid like the plague)
The Bone People
Famished Road
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The siege of Krishnapur
For the entire list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_and_shortlisted_authors_of_the_Booker_Prize_for_Fiction
P.S. I read only the winners, heard there are some folks who read nominees et al.
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Haven't tamed the tiger either. But have heard it's a great read. Was rooting for Sea of Poppies so not sure just how un-prejudiced my reading will be...
Did you read 2007's winner the dark and gloomy Gathering by Anne Enright?
Think that's the one that will break my record. Shucks.
Second you on the first. Super book.
Haven't read the others yet. SO.
hey, welcome to the big, bad world of blogging. don't read books. so. i am commentless.
how could u miss out Vernon Godlittle?My all time favourite.Original voice ( ok maybe shades of catcher in the rye, or maybe I am hallucinating), sad ,young and so vicious.
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