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C by Tom McCarthy was a finalist for the 2010 Man Booker Prize, listed as a National Bestseller, shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards – Waterstone’s UK Author of the Year. Touted as “fascinating”, “extraordinary” and “brilliant” by well-known papers such as The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Publishers Weekly, and The Telegraph. “C is clever, confident, coy – and cryptic.” said The Wall Street Journal; “Tour de force” described the New York Times Book Review. My question for these reviewers: Really?!? A “tour de force”? An “avante-garde masterpiece”? With “a cleanly constructed narrative”? I’m sorry, but did Continue Reading »