Pravda: A Novel

what’s with the new title?  when it was long-listed for the booker prize last year, it went under ‘self-help’.  were too many potential readers and customers confusing it with the likes of deepak chopra and dr. phil?

at any rate, this was one of my favourite reads of 2007 and i’d recommend it to those who enjoyed jonathon franzen’s ‘the corrections’, of which this reminded me in many respects.

Comment by kyliep from toronto — March 18, 2008 @ 1:10 pm

I’m not entirely sure - I actually read the UK version for this review.

Of the two, “Self-Help” is much more appropriate.

Comment by david pullar — March 18, 2008 @ 7:17 pm