Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Man Booker Prize Shortlist

The shortlist has been announced for this year's Man Booker Prize. The winner will be announced in London October 18.

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller

Friday, September 2, 2011

The Postmortal

Title: The Postmortal
Author: Drew Magary
ISBN: 9780143119821
Price: $15.00

The basic premise of Drew Magary’s debut novel The Postmortal is simple: a cure for aging has been discovered, but is the world really prepared for the consequences?