Homes Wins for Women's Fiction

Now that we're no longer scratching our heads, wondering about the significance of the color Orange in literary prizes (hooray for international snafus that result in award names making much more sense), the Women's Prize for Fiction was announced this week, going to A.M. Homes for her novel, May We Be Forgiven.

This is the story of Harold Silver who stands in awe of his younger brother George's life of flashy success: the major career, the beautiful home in the suburbs, the enviable wife and children--a man who seems to have it all.  Harry, a Nixon scholar and historian, lives a low-key life until George commits an act of violence so monstrous that both brothers seek absolution.
While I haven't read this one, I suspect it must be awesome because the competition on the shortlist for the prize was fierce, including Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies, which has already won roughly every other literary prize known to mankind this year. Regardless, if you're looking for some summer reading suggestions, the longlist should keep you busy through most of your summer vacation.
Happy Reading!