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It is a surprise because it is published by a small, independent publisher but also because it is moore s first novel, though she has written several short stories. The lighthouse the lighthouse surprised everyone, the author included, by being nominated to the 2012 man booker prize short list. Free download or read online to the lighthouse pdf epub book. After an encounter with an inexplicably hostile barman at a familyrun hotel in hellhaus, futh sets out on his weeklong circular walk along the rhine.
The first pages of the lighthouse, a debut novel included on the booker longlist, introduce the reader to its strange structure. Stanford students allison berke, benedikt bunz, and alex leishman deserve special praise. She has been shortlisted for the bridport prize and the manchester fiction prize, and for the scott prize for her first collection. She is a member of nottingham writers studio and an honorary lecturer in the school of english at nottingham university. Alison moore s first novel, the lighthouse, was shortlisted for the man booker prize and the national book awards new writer of the year, winning the mckitterick prize.
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