Hatchet Job of the Year Shortlist Announced

Posted on January 10, 2012

A new British literary prize, the Hatchet Job of the Year, will be presented to the author of "the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months." The winner will get a year's supply of potted shrimp from The Fish Society. The award was launched by The Omnivore, a site that aggregates press reviews.

Here is the shortlist:

Mary Beard on Rome by Robert Hughes (The Guardian)
Geoff Dyer on The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (The New York Times)
Camilla Long on Kisses of His Mouth by Monique Roffey (The Sunday Times)
Lachlan Mackinnon on Clavics by Geoffrey Hill (The Independent)
Adam Mars-Jones on By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham (The Observer)
Leo Robson on Martin Amis: The Biography by Richard Bradford (New Statesman)
Jenni Russell on Honey Money: The Power of Erotic Capital by Catherine Hakim (The Sunday Times)
David Sexton on The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy (London Evening Standard)

The winner will be announced on February 7.