So I have been reading a ton of book by David Mitchell, who is an English author (although he lives in Ireland...or maybe Japan. He is very mysterious). Anyway, as I started each one of his novels, they all seemed to have something in common - they were all nominated for the Man Booker Prize. I had never heard of this literary award before, but being the wiki-pro I am (oh yeah), I quickly found the details.
Spoiler alert: The Man Booker Prize is one of the most prestigious in literature, and is awarded for the best novel written in English, authored by a citizen of Ireland, Zimbabwe, or the Commonwealth of Nations.
Anyway, I am about to read a book called The Sisters Brothers which was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. The weird thing: it was written by a Canadian author. His name is Patrick deWitt, and The Sisters Brothers (a comic western...oh yes I am so excited) is only his second novel. Even so, it has been getting wonderful reviews, and I am immensely excited to read it.
