Tales of the Booker
The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... husband) was his best book and should go on the shortlist. I looked first at Antonia, and then at Martyn Goff, the prize's administrator - both remained impassive. We broke for a breather. Martyn said that as chairman it was up to me. Antonia liked the novel (as did I). On literary grounds neither of us had problems about shortlisting...
