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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

the game is on

The 2009 Tournament of Books nominees have been announced.

  • The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga
  • 2666, Roberto Bolano
  • A Partisan's Daughter, Louis de Bernieres
  • The Northern Clemency, Philip Hensher
  • The Lazarus Project, Aleksandar Hemon
  • My Revolutions, Hari Kunzru
  • Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
  • The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart
  • Shadow Country, Peter Matthiessen
  • The Dart League King, Keith Morris
  • A Mercy, Toni Morrison
  • Steer Towards Rock, Fae Myenne Ng
  • Netherland, Joseph O'Neill
  • City of Refuge, Tom Piazza
  • Home, Marilynne Robinson
  • Harry, Revised, Mark Sarvas

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