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The Worms Can Carry Me To Heaven by Alan Warner
This book, his fifth novel, is a step change from his previous novels into a more experimental style which seems autobiographical in its detail switching between different times of his(?) life in Spain and his 'Home City' - never named but could be Malaga?. Warner is best known for his first novel, Morvern Callar (1996), after it was made into a movie in 2003 by British director Lynne Ramsay (also made Ratcatcher) starring Samantha Morton. Warner was chosen as a Granta Best of Young British Novelists in 2003.

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Thursday 2 September 2004

Literary

The Guardian First Book Award 2004 longlist

The Guardian First Book Award 2004 longlist was announced today. Nine titles were selected:

Ground Water by Matthew Hollis (Bloodaxe)
A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen (Cape)
Natasha by David Bezmozgis (Cape)
The Places In Between by Rory Stewart (Picador)
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
High Tide: News from a Warming World by Mark Lynas (Flamingo)
Becoming Strangers by Louise Dean (Scribner)
Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi (HarperCollins)
The Flood by David Maine (Canongate)

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and Becoming Strangers were also selected recently for the Man Booker Prize 2004 longlist.

Also commended were:
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer (Canongate)
Some Great Thing by Colin McAdam (Jonathan Cape)
How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer (Viking)
The Longshoreman by Richard Shelton (Atlantic)


 

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