Fascinating; I was busily reading and loving many of the novels now considered up for the prize - the marvellous Muriel Spark (time for a revival?), Mary Renault, the truly pro-gay writer and my favourite before Anne Rice, Ursula La Guinn, Iris Murdoch, Len Deighton...
Anyone who doesn't know about this, especially if, like me, you're a Booker Prize fan, should check out the Guardian...
www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/mar/25/los...oker-prize-shortlist