Booker to Hollinghurst As is now traditional, the bettor’s favorite lost out in the Booker race as Alan Hollinghurst won the award for THE LINE OF BEAUTY, the first gay novel to take the prize in 36 years. By most accounts, the jury was “strongly divided and took more than two hours to decide on a winner,” as the Telegraph put it. Hollinghurst was not the unanimous choice, with support for both David Mitchell and Colm Toibin. Chairman of the jury Chris Smith said, “This was an incredibly difficult and close decision.” Just this past Sunday, Newsday ran a long […]