tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019413228595228543.post3117951001858299471..comments2024-03-25T14:55:04.600-04:00Comments on Terry Murray: Making book on the BookerTerry Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260917473633630911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019413228595228543.post-79722087787598554732008-08-04T22:25:00.000-04:002008-08-04T22:25:00.000-04:00Hey Dr. Chris,I suppose the Booker is not a big de...Hey Dr. Chris,<BR/><BR/>I suppose the Booker is not a big deal in the States because the books have to be written by Commonwealth writers. (Joe O'Neill must qualify because of his London connection; the Irish part wouldn't count because he was born in Cork.) Sort of like how furners can't get Pulitzers.Terry Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260917473633630911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019413228595228543.post-3951862429366282382008-08-04T22:04:00.000-04:002008-08-04T22:04:00.000-04:00Either it's funny, or else I'm just hanging out in...Either it's funny, or else I'm just hanging out in the wrong places. (Although I subscribe to both the NY Times and the NY Review of Books.) It seems like the Booker prize just doesn't get much coverage over here in the States. Seems I know more about books that were short-listed (from reading their jackets than I do about the prize itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com