The Man Booker Prize

The Man Booker is a high-profile prize for English literature. Last night the results for the 2005 competition were announced and John Banville has won it for his novel The Sea. I’m not sure whether to acquire a copy or not. The story synopsis does not really appeal to me. I’d much rather go for a copy of the runner-up: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The synopsis of that novel sounds really intriguing: cloned children whose sole purpose in life is to end up as organ donors. I always like stories where the game of "what if?" is raised to the next level.