… Australia’s very own Richard Flanagan with his brilliant, ambitious novel, The Narrow Road To The Deep North.

In my roundup of the Booker novels I thought Flanagan would take home the cold hard cash. The fact that I was right not only boosts my already large ego but fills with nationalistic glee.

Seriously, it’s a wonderful book and while not my personal favourite (thank you Karen Joy Fowler) it’s well worth the read. It’s also half the length of last years winner (also an ambitious and worthy winner) The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton.