Season's readings
Antonia Fraser to Jackie Kay: writers and politicians pick the best books of 2008
Compiled by Ginny Hooker, guardian.co.uk, Saturday November 29 2008
Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser to Jackie Kay: writers and politicians pick the best books of 2008
Compiled by Ginny Hooker, guardian.co.uk, Saturday November 29 2008
Antonia Fraser
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Charlie Higson
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There was a small and slightly silly outcry when Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Simon & Schuster) was longlisted for the Booker. A thriller! What is the world coming to? The fact is, it's an enormously well written book with a fantastic premise: in the 1950s, the Soviet government has decreed that crime is a thing of the past. In a perfect communist state everyone has everything they need. The central character is a police chief who gets drawn into a nightmare Alice Through the Looking Glass world, in which, by investigating crimes, he becomes a wanted man himself.
Read the picks of all the contribuotors at The Guardian online.
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