Introduction: In the twilight of literary criticism
The storyteller : Larry McMurtry
Indelible : Philip Roth's human stain
Heroes : Javier Cercas's soldiers of Salamis
The snowflake from the snow : Orhan Pamuk
In the land of Amos Oz : a tale of love and darkness
Homeland alone : 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq
Lost and found : Daniel Mendelsohn
Walking, seeing, shelving
The Gods that failed : Richard Dawkins
Exit strategies : Said, Coetzee, Saramago, Roth
Other voices, other realms
Haunted by a spectre : Krugman, Klein, Stiglitz
Appendix: Some prize lists.