Heres our take on this years race among fiction.
(More on that later.)
As for whatwonthe Booker: Anna Burns ellipticalMilkman, publishing stateside next month.
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The Ingenue
Move over,Saoirse Ronan weve got a new trendy young artist to spotlight.
She got the call for her risky first novel,Everything Under,a gender-bending retelling ofOedipus.
But a few always break the mold.
And dont forget Tommy Orange the breakout in a breakthrough year for Native American writers.
His novelThere Thereis a Carnegie nominee and was long-listed for the National Book Award.
(Compensation: Shes a first-time Booker nominee.)
Just as Oscar hates straying too far from typical contenders noDark Knightfor Best Picture?
no James Franco for his wildSpring Breakersturn?
Ottessa Moshfeghs satirical tour de forceMy Year of Rest and Relaxationhas been unjustly dismissed.
And why the persistent genre bias?
Madeline Millers Greek goddess sagaCircedeserves more than its gotten.
At least Hollywood knows a thing or two about ignoring-by-labeling were still smarting overthoseCreedsnubs.
Hollywood cant resist movies about movies remember whenBirdmanwent all the way?
and, similarly, writers fall for books about writing every time.
And what could be more Hollywood than narcissism?
Read EWs reviews of 2018s major literary awards contenders:
