September 11, 2007  Book review: "Mister Pip," by Lloyd Jones
Mister Pip By Lloyd Jones The Dial Press / ISBN:
978-0-385-34106-6  Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones  So once again
it's time for the Booker Prize, which for those who don't know
is basically the British version of the Pulitzer, and in fact an
award that a lot of people consider a lot more important than
the Pulitzer, and a lot more indicative of the best that culture
had to offer that particular year. And for those who don't know,
only books that have been written and published within the
"British Commonwealth" are eligible for a Booker, which means
that most Booker nominees tend to have a strong British flair to
them as well; and seriously, it doesn't get much more British in
tone than the first of the 2007 Booker nominees to be reviewed
here at CCLaP this year, New Zealander Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip,
which in fact many consider the favorite to actually win it all
this year. It is an odd and delicate book, one I wouldn't
normally otherwise read, if no