The prize and fall

Is 2011 the annus horribilis of the Man Booker Prize? Since its inception in 1969, the award has had its years of crisis. Mistakes of omission (such as Beryl Bainbridge) and commission (such as The God of Small Things) have been made along the way. Indeed, frequent shortlistee Julian Barnes once referred to the selection process as “posh bingo”. Still, there has been no year quite as bad as this.

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