AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T WRITE A LOVE STORY, UNLESS IT’S
HORRIFICALLY TRAGIC.
So you want to pen an award-winning novel. Here’s some
advice: Write about death. Or love. Or--if you’re feeling really
adventurous--homicidal cowboy brothers.
These are some of the plot lines coursing through the
longlist for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, one of those prestigious
it’s-an-honor-just-to-be-nominated literary prizes. Delayed Gratification, a
self-proclaimed “Slow Journalism Magazine,” mapped the themes of every
contender in this catchy infographic: