Orange Prize nominees worth reading

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Small Island
1.  Small Island by Andrea Levy
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  "Postwar Jamaica/England. Jamaican emigrants come face-to-face with English prejudices. Funny and moving."
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Bel Canto
2.  Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
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  "Modern South America. A translator and an opera diva keep up morale among well-heeled hostages. Warm, elegant and perfectly paced."
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The Idea of Perfection
3.  The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville
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  "Contemporary Australia. Slow-moving but well-observed tale of a bridge-builder and a textile artist. Professional sure-footedness constrasts with hilariously awkward social manners."
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Fugitive Pieces
4.  Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
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  "WW2 Europe/Postwar USA. Poetic, morally concerned tale of a holocaust survivor."
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Larry's Party
5.  Larry's Party by Carol Shields
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  "1970s and onwards USA. Absorbing Bildungsroman of a self-educated man who steadily reinvents himself as he acquires the language to articulate his desires."
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The Great Stink
6.  The Great Stink by Clare Clark
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  "Victorian London. Atmospheric tale of London's sewers, with an intriguingly unstable protagonist and some excellent lowlife characters."
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Billie Morgan
7.  Billie Morgan by Joolz Denby
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  "1970s and onwards Bradford. Intense, brutally compassionate depiction of biker culture and underclass lives."
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Old Filth
8.  Old Filth by Jane Gardam
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  "20th century Malaysia, UK and Far East. Deftly written and evocative portrait of a Raj orphan's privileged but emotionally spartan childhood, and of the man he becomes."
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It So Happens
9.  It So Happens by Patricia Ferguson
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  "Modern UK. Uplifting account of the intrigues, rivalries and friendships in a residential home for the elderly. Admirable treatment of a stage of life not often covered in fiction."
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The Mysteries of Glass
10.  The Mysteries of Glass by Sue Gee
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  "Victorian Wales. Imagistic portrait a conservative rural community. A new curate wrestles with his conscience and attempts to bring change."
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The Remedy
11.  The Remedy by Michelle Lovric
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  "18th century London and Venice. Hugely enjoyable, comic and subversive romance. Great characters: a surprisingly upstanding con artist/quack and a deliciously devious, amoral heroine."
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The Falls
12.  The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates
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  "1950-60s Niagara Falls, USA. Vivid, politically engaged family and community drama with some finely drawn, complex (and brilliantly named!) characters."
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Brick Lane
13.  Brick Lane by Monica Ali
The list author says:
  "1960s onwards London. Eye-opening but long-winded exploration of the boredom of a Bengali housewife on a council estate, punctuated by news of a sister's comitragic exploits back in Bangladesh."
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Love
14.  Love by Toni Morrison
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  "1950s and onwards Southern USA. Elliptical, cleverly constructed exploration of the sometimes-cohesive, sometimes-oppressive nature  of love through several generations."
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Notes on a Scandal
15.  Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
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  "Contemporary London. Confidences and betrayal between schoolteachers. Very funny, but with a serious underlying theme of loneliness."
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The Electric Michelangelo
16.  The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
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  "1920s and onwards UK and USA. Anthropologically astute portrayal of a tattoo artist plying his trade in seaside towns, charting the decline of these brashly insouciant communities."
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Purple Hibiscus (P.S.)
17.  Purple Hibiscus (P.S.) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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  "1990s Nigeria. Compelling account of childhood under a strict Christian patriarch, whose political crusading and public philanthropy aren't felt at home."
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The Sari Shop
18.  The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa
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  "1990s India. Compassionate satire of a sari shop assistant  who attains his goal of self-education, only to despair at the unjust nature of society and the hopelessness of his own position."
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The Little Friend
19.  The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
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  "1970s Mississippi, US. Sprawling, cinematically-observed tale of macabre childhood adventures in a rigidly traditional Southern town."
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