Jonathan Strange
and Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
0-7475-7411-1
CDN $29.95 paper
0-7475-7055-8
CDN $39.95 cloth
Bloomsbury UK
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Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Alan Hollinghurst’s Man Booker Prize-winning The Line of Beauty
are shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Book Awards. Hollinghurst’s book was nominated for Best Novel, while Clarke’s 800-page debut was nominated as a Best First Book. The winners will be announced January 6th, 2005.
Praise for Jonathan Strange
“Wonderful ... an immense, densely plotted story, peopled with a vast cast of extremely well-drawn characters ... built one splendid scene upon the next,” (Globe and Mail)
“Gorgeously and richly bizarre ... an enchanting experience from first to last word,
brimming with charm, wit, creeping dread, and sense of wonder.” (Montreal Gazette)
Praise for The Line of Beauty
“A triumph of tone and context.” (The Globe and Mail)
“The best English novel of the year.” (The Guardian)
“A classic of our times ... The work of a great English stylist in full maturity; a masterpiece.” (The Observer)
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
The Line of Beauty
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The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
1-58234-508-2
CDN $34.95 cloth
Bloomsbury USA
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