An interesting list has appeared and you all know how I love a list.
This one from Waterstone's with predictions about the young authors to watch, Literary Britain - the next chapter.
Quite a few on the list that have been read, reviewed and loved here including
Jon McGregor - So Many Ways To Begin
Peter Hobbs - The Short Day Dying
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Maggie O'Farrell - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Charlotte Mendelson - When We Were Bad
A few more waiting in the wings
Naomi Alderman - Disobedience (I ground to a halt with this but haven't given up yet)
C.J.Sansom - Shardlake series (need to start at the beginning)
Several been meaning to
Louise Welsh - The Cutting Room
Jane Harris - The Observations
Helen Oyeyemi - The Icarus Girl
Several never heard of but now think should have
Chris Simms -Outside the White Lines
Robyn Young - Brethren Trilogy
Siobahn Dowd - A Swift Pure Cry
Uncertains here
Jasper Fforde - can't fathom these at all
Marina Lewycka - great start, unsure about second, for me much will depend on number three.
Gautami Malkani - Londonstani haven't read but have followed the goss about the £300,000 advance for a book that did not live up to critical expectations.
Plenty there to look out for.
