tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post2109273333742655337..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: InterruptionStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-37867226875801413022008-09-13T10:42:00.000+01:002008-09-13T10:42:00.000+01:00Thanks for that. Can you imagine Kelman receiving ...Thanks for that. Can you imagine Kelman receiving the prize from Portillo?! <BR/><BR/>The trouble seems to be that the other prizes Tonkin mentions are like Trojan Horses. The public is happy to accept the apparent interchangibility of "prize-winning" and "literary merit" even though these other awards reward middlebrow "3 for 2" stall novels. The Booker should go its own way, though I suppose this will happen only when they employ judges with revolution in their hearts.Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-76614530872959145122008-09-13T10:18:00.000+01:002008-09-13T10:18:00.000+01:00There's an interesting comment by the Independent'...There's an interesting comment by the Independent's Books Editor, Boyd Tonkin, on how the Booker seems to be failing even on its own terms: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-week-in-books-the-booker-makes-a-smaller-splash-926480.htmlNicholas Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189263209323471368noreply@blogger.com