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  • 14-10-2008 11:57pm
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    luckat
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    What a disappointment that Sebastian Barry's novel A Secret Scripture didn't win - an extraordinary and wonderful book.

    Has anyone read the winner, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga? Is it good?


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    delbertgrady
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    No. It thought it was dire, and I was furious that it won. I read the six books and I would have accepted any of the other five shortlisted books - admittedly to different degrees - as winners. I know one other person who read all six nominees, and they hated The White Tiger too.

    It ranks alongside The Line of Beauty beating Cloud Atlas in 2004 as one of the worst Booker decisions in recent memory.

    And I do agree with you that the Barry book was excellent.

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    monkey9
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    delbertgrady wrote: »
    No. It thought it was dire, and I was furious that it won. I read the six books and I would have accepted any of the other five shortlisted books - admittedly to different degrees - as winners. I know one other person who read all six nominees, and they hated The White Tiger too.

    It ranks alongside The Line of Beauty beating Cloud Atlas in 2004 as one of the worst Booker decisions in recent memory.

    And I do agree with you that the Barry book was excellent.

    I read The White Tiger and quite liked it to bo honest. Haven't read the other shortlisted ones but intend on reading Sebastian Barry's one.
    Did you not like it in general as a stand alone book, or was it comparing it to the other shortlisted novels that made you dislike it?


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