Wednesday, October 17, 2007

barely a breath

The news has rarely felt so long. Edge of my seat, rubbing my hands together, smugly hoping I had predicted the winner when…

… a quick cut to Howard Davies, mid-sentence, he spits out that the winner is Anne Enright for The Gathering. (We didn’t see that one coming did we?)

She looks shocked, I look shocked. She scuttles to the stage, smiles and is gone.

That was it. All over. For another year. Thanks for reading along with me!

2 comments:

John Self said...

I've enjoyed reading your thoughts, jem, and hope you'll continue to post on books outside Booker time, as you'd previously promised/threatened to do!

jo :: feather and thread said...

Thank you for guiding us through your Booker journey so insightfully and poetically...
As someone who has not read any of the listed books yet, I now have my own readymade guide of what (and what not to) read. I look forward to more kingfisher ponderings in the future...x