Shortlist: Orange Prize for Fiction

       The Orange Prize for Fiction -- which currently styles itself the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- has announced its shortlist.
       See also chair of judges Helen Fraser's obligatory article, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014: How do you read 158 books in 16 weeks ?
       Choice quote:

I must admit that I got very tired of nineteenth century novels where there was only one woman character of any interest and she was a prostitute.

       The only shortlisted title under review is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.
       The winner will be announced on 4 June.