Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and Man Booker Prize-winner The Line of Beauty by Allan Hollinghurst are shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Book Awards.
(PRWEB) November 11, 2004 -- Susanna Clarkes Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Alan Hollinghursts Man Booker Prize winning The Line of Beauty are shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Book Awards. Hollinghursts book was nominated for Best Novel, while Clarkes 800-page debut was nominated as a Best First Book. The winners will be announced January 6th, 2005.
Susanna Clarkes astonishing debut has been lauded by critics worldwide and remained a fixture on Canadian and international bestseller lists since its publication.
Praise for Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke:
Wonderful ... an immense, densely plotted story, peopled with a vast cast of extremely well-drawn characters ... built one splendid scene upon the next." (Globe and Mail)
Gorgeously and richly bizarre ... an enchanting experience from first to last word, brimming with charm, wit, creeping dread, and sense of wonder." (Montreal Gazette)
Praise for The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst:
A triumph of tone and context." (Globe and Mail)
The best English novel of the year." (The Guardian)
"A classic of our times ... The work of a great English stylist in full maturity; a masterpiece." (The Observer)
In a statement from Germany, where she is promoting her book, Susanna Clarke stated, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell took me ten years to write and on many occasions I almost gave up thinking I couldnt finish it. As I was writing only for myself, I put everything I liked into my book so Im delighted and flattered that the Whitbread judges have chosen it for their shortlist and this year feels like Christmas Day over and over again."
About the books:
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
0-7475-7411-1, CDN $29.95 paper
0-7475-7055-8, CDN $39.95 cloth
Bloomsbury UK
http://www.raincoast.com/jonathan-strange
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
1-58234-508-2, CDN $34.95 cloth
Bloomsbury USA
http://www.raincoast.com/award/whitbread.html
About the Whitbread Book Awards:
The Whitbread is one of the longest-running and most prestigious book awards in the UK. Launched in 1971, the Whitbread identifies and celebrates some of the most enjoyable books published in the UK each year. The 2004 winners will be announced on January 6, 2005.
About Raincoast Books:
Raincoast Books (Vancouver, BC) is the Canadian distributor for Bloomsbury USA and Bloomsbury UK. Raincoast Distribution is the exclusive Canadian distributor for publishers from the U.K., the U.S. and Canada. The year 2004 marks Raincoasts 25th anniversary.
http://www.raincoast.com
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