Christmas Books I - PcQL Article

Oldish and newish novels I have also enjoyed this year include Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys (1995), Barry Unsworth's The Song of the Kings (2002), Alexei Sayle's The Weeping Women Hotel (2006) and John Preston's The Dig (2007). .... That Massie's slim book did not reach even the Mann Booker long list, whereas Hilary Mantel's obese Wolf Hall pendants (Fourth Estate, ?18.99) won that prize, only confirms me in my view that, in a variation of the old ceremony of annually ...