Why Bring Up the Bodies should win the 2012 Booker Prize

Paul Laity argues that Hilary Mantel should win a second Booker prize for Bring Up the Bodies. In the follow-up to Wolf Hall, Cromwell has to undo the work that saw Anne Boleyn crowned as Henry's wife. We know how the story ends, but Mantel keeps the reader gripped through deft plotting and a vivid portrayal of Cromwell

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