John Sutherland
John Sutherland
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The selection of a shortlist, the judges felt, was an unusually difficult process this year. There was sufficient quality for two distinguished lists.
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The strength of the year's competition can be measured by the fact that three good books by previous Man Booker winners were finally not selected.
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I find the facilities here great. The teachers I've got to get used to their lingo and they've got to get used to mine. We tend to speak slang and sometimes that causes trouble, but I'm working on it.
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This shortlist, we believe, witnesses to the remarkable quality of the current state of fiction,
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There are two proposed bills in the works right now. We're hoping that with continued public pressure the legislature will vote to reform the property tax system.