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They are all alive with great characters and narrative surprises. All, somehow, examine identity, individual or national, and all, I think, are gripping and excellent.’  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta col-span-1 [ lg:col-span-4 lg:col-start-9 lg:flex lg:justify-end ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex items-end [ lg:items-start ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-5 last:mb-0\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-js-jumplinks-container=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--slice-content paragraph--view-mode--default mt-seperator paragraph--type--slice-content--left-aligned\" data-js-paragraph-type-slice-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-booker-grid | c-wysiwyg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full [ lg:col-span-6 ] lg:col-start-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 13 nominated books are: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLove Forms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Claire Adam (Faber)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Tash Aw (4th Estate)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eUniversality\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Natasha Brown (Faber)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOne Boat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Jonathan Buckley (Fitzcarraldo Editions)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eFlashlight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Susan Choi (Jonathan Cape)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Kiran Desai (Hamish Hamilton)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Katie Kitamura (Fern Press)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Ben Markovits (Faber)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Andrew Miller (Sceptre)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEndling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Maria Reva (Virago\/Little, Brown)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby David Szalay (Jonathan Cape)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSeascraper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Benjamin Wood (Viking)  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMisinterpretation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Ledia Xhoga (Daunt Books Originals) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo Irish nominees this time, the longlist features authors representing four continents and nine countries: Albania, Canada, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, the UK and USA.  Although I'm sure we will be cheering on Claire Adam whose mother hails from Cork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"andrew-miller-the-land-in-winter-2024-paperback","title":"Andrew Miller: The Land in Winter [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecember 1962, the West Country. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the darkness of an old asylum, a young man unscrews the lid from a bottle of sleeping pills. 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