Ondaatje prize shortlist wanders from Pakistan to Hackney
Biography of one North Yorkshire acre and novel set in Nigerian prison cell in running for £10,000 prize for books evoking spirit of place
The Ondaatje prize can always be relied on to produce an eclectic shortlist and this year is no exception. The books in contention range from a memoir of an English country estate to a novel set in a Nigerian prison cell, via a study of an acre of land in North Yorkshire, a psycho-geographer's tour of Hackney in London, short tales of a wealthy Pakistani family, and a portrait of Jamaica.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 20 May, 2010
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