Lists of Bests: 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Nominees http://www.listsofbests.com/list/612 The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. Impac Winner : Colm Tobin - The Master 2006 Shortlist Graceland - Chris Abani Maps for Lost Lovers: Nadeem Aslam Havoc, In it's Third Year - Ronan Bennett The Closed Circle Jonathan Coe An Altered Light - Jens Christian Grondahl The Swallows of Kabul - Yasmina Khadra Breaking the Tongue - Vyvyane Loh Don't Move - Margaret Mazzantini The Master - Colm Tobin The Logogryph - Thomas Wharton It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language. The Award, an initiative of Dublin City Council, is a partnership between Dublin City Council, the Municipal Government of Dublin City, and IMPAC, a productivity improvement company which operates in over 50 countries. The Award is administered by Dublin City Public Libraries. Its Website is www.impacdublinaward.ie and I'm working off the official newsletter Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:37:29 GMT en-us 0 50 132 50 0 Graceland (Today Show Pick January 2005) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565416 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565416"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312425287.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Abani</div> The Swallows of Kabul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28918 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28918"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114862610_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yasmina Khadra</div> Before I Forget http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565570 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565570"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099477521.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andre Brink</div> Ireland: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428392 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428392"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060563494.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Delaney</div> Happy Baby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6445 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6445"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312424493.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1104934985_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Elliott</div> Young Turk: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565702 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565702"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/155970764X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Moris Farhi</div> Eventide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565994 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565994"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00076VE3Y.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by KENT HARUF</div> Flesh & Blood (Frank Elder Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/137390 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/137390"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786713593.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Harvey</div> Aloft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567578 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567578"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000C2GNQQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chang-Rae Lee</div> Buenas Noches, Buenos Aires http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565427 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565427"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571206115.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gilbert Adair</div> Maps for Lost Lovers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85111 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85111"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400042429.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nadeem Aslam</div> The Rule of Four http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51208 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51208"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099451956.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Caldwell</div> About Grace: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170455 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170455"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0143036165.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118153900_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Doerr</div> Nordkraft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565674 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jakob Ejersbo</div> The Line of Beauty: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54877 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54877"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582346100.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Hollinghurst</div> Tapestry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567459 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sobani Iddamalgoda</div> The Story of My Baldness: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567491 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567491"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1590511956.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120764547_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marek van der Jagt</div> Music From a Distant Room http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567503 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephanie Johnson</div> The Houses of Alphonso http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567549 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567549"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1900715821.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Kellman</div> PS, I Love You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23380 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23380"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0786890754.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecelia Ahern</div> Havoc, in Its Third Year: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21189 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21189"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743258568.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ronan Bennett</div> Bedlam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0002005573.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Hollingshead</div> My Nine Lives: Chapters of a Possible Past http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567500 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567500"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1593760280.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala</div> The Broken Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567512 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Johnson</div> An Unfinished Season: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567514 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567514"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/061856828X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ward Just</div> The Maze http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567548 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567548"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374204802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Panos Karnezis</div> You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81847 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81847"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0151010420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Kelman</div> Small Island: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6446 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6446"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312424671.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Levy</div> Ghost Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/435212 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/435212"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0241142784.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toby Litt</div> The Yacoubian Building http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44013 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44013"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/9774248627.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alaa Al Aswany</div> Oceans of Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565524 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Merete Morken Andersen</div> Oh, Play That Thing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17479 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17479"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670033618.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roddy Doyle</div> Celestial Harmonies: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565695 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565695"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060501081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Esterhazy</div> The Stowaway : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336616 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336616"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1559707453.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Hough</div> Hidden : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21176 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21176"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743257480.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Jaskunas</div> Paradise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128906 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128906"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400043646.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.L. Kennedy</div> Breaking the Tongue: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567587 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567587"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393326543.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vyvyane Loh</div> One Tongue Singing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567623 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567623"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0099459124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Mann</div> Don't Move : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567647 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567647"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385510748.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mazzantini</div> Kingdom of the Golden Dragon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565436 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565436"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060589442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabel Allende</div> Famished Waterfall http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565528 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Arasanayagam</div> There Is Room for You: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565551 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565551"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312423845.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1111661767_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Bacon</div> All That Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565573 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565573"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385257775.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118443391_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wayson Choy</div> Norman Bray in the Performance of his Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565604 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Trevor Cole</div> Down to the Dirt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567444 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567444"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786715375.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joel Hynes</div> Sixty Lights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567513 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567513"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099472031.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gail Jones</div> Ordinary Wolves: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567547 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567547"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1571310479.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Seth Kantner</div> Hash http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567583 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567583"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1585674087.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Torgny Lindgren</div> Day After Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/405578 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/405578"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099464381.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118152692_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlo Lucarelli</div> The Lambs of London http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565417 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565417"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0099472090.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Ackroyd</div>