As apparently one of the few people on the interweb who've not only heard of Anne Enright but actually read several of her books, I'm delighted she won.  So there.  She's extremely funny, very smart, and just peculiar enough for me to want to read every words she's written.

Honestly, the sniping of literary bloggers is among the least pleasant in the world.  10,000 strangely angry people writing variations of "why won't the motherfuckers listen?"

I'd have personally picked the brilliant Darkmans because I genuinely think it's a book for the ages, but I'm delighted that Anne Enright - who, again, I've loved for years - is finally getting international recognition.  Read her, then read On Chesil Beach again.  It isn't as good as you think it's going to be, now, is it?