And the Pulitzer Goes To.....

The literary fiction readers of the world can breathe a collective sign of relief this evening: the Pulitzer Prizes were announced today and (joy!) a fiction prize was awarded this year.  The prize went to Adam Johnson for his experimental--possibly romantic, maybe a little bit political and kinda' navel-gazing--title The Orphan Master's Son.  And if my description seems a bit vague, well, there's a good reason: while almost all of the major review sources were overwhelmingly positive about it, each one seems to focus on a different aspect of the work.  The reading public's response was underwhelming, but the Pulitzer will inevitably mean a rebirth.

Other notable titles include the history winner, Fredrik Logevall's Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam,  and for general non-fiction, Gilbert King's Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America. 

For the complete list of winners, check out the Pulitzer Prize website and give the Reference Desk a call if you need help getting a hold of the titles you find most interesting!

Happy Reading!