They've announced the (American) National Book Awards finalists in their various categories (fiction, non, poetry, and YA); predictably, none of the books are under review at the complete review (not a one of these books has come my way ...); predictably, too, reactions to especially the fiction finalists, especially from bloggers and Twitterers, has been fairly harsh -- D.G.Myers pretty much sums things up at his Literary Commentary weblog at Commentary, in The Worst National Book Award List since the Last National Book Award List.
I also like the way how all the cover-pictures of the finalist-books are already festooned with 'NBA Finalist' medallions at the NBA site -- the biggest racket, as I've long complained, any American literary prize runs (see the NBA medallion page in case you aren't familiar with it).
I also like the way how all the cover-pictures of the finalist-books are already festooned with 'NBA Finalist' medallions at the NBA site -- the biggest racket, as I've long complained, any American literary prize runs (see the NBA medallion page in case you aren't familiar with it).