Re: RARA-AVIS: Vernon God Little: Todd

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Todd Mason wrote:
> The Man Booker is roughly analogous in the UK to the National Book Award
in
> the US.
>
> Everything about DBC Pierre and his novel seem pretty adorable; I may get
to
> it. Thanks for the tip.

************* Thanks for the explanation of the Booker award, Todd. One thing I failed to mention was that I did consider the book hardboiled and maybe even noirish. After calling the book "cute," I thought that hardboiled status might be worth affirming.

miker

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