The Booker Shortlist has been announced. Have a look at it. A pity Sir Salman Rushdie didn't make it beyond the Longlist. I'm glad Amitav Ghosh is in. I just got his The Hungry Tide and I think he's a great writer.

Will the beamishboy see his name on the Booker Longlist next year? Let me check with Faber and Faber, my publishers. Hehe. It's always Faber and Faber, isn't it? They publish all my Lit books anyway.