Ed Lake
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Philip Bowler
Perhaps Ed Lake should have recalled the complete quotation from Sir Henry Wotton: “An ambassador is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country; a news-writer is a man without virtue who lies at home for himself.”
beneast74
Interesting. I really believe that 'reading novels can foster empathy or help grapple with the absurdities of existence'. And two of the books on the Booker shortlist did just that for me: In A Strange Room by Damon Galgut (which contains so many brilliant lines on the nature of travelling I actually read them out loud to whoever would listen) and Room by Emma Donoghue. I don't know whether I would have come across them if it hadn't been for their shortlisting. So yes, I think literary novels and prizes do have a function beyond just selling novels...
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