see Joseph’s review at Rough Ghosts
The Dublin International is a prize that’s a bit hit-and-miss for me: any longlist that has both Submission by Michel Houellebecq and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins can’t be really be trusted to deliver good reading, IMO.
Still, there are some titles – especially amongst the translated fiction – that I know are good reading because I’ve seen reviews from trusted bloggers, and it’s nice to see that we in The Antipodes are so well represented on the list as well.
The shortlist will be announced on 11 April 2017 and the winner on 21 June 2017, and you can find out more at the official website.
FWIW, here’s the longlist, with links to my reviews. Australian and New Zealand nominees are in bold, and they feature in the slideshow. When I have time I will hunt around to find my fellow-bloggers’…
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