http://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/hilary-mantel2010-06-12T08:41:06Z2010-04-16T16:50:03ZThe New York Observertag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/critics-tip-sheet-current-reading-barack-scrivener-opaque-pelosi-hilary-mantel-historys-kitchen-183541a/

<div><p>Andrew Delbanco, the distinguished critic and biographer of <a title="Melville" href="/topic/Melville" >Melville</a>, gives <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Barack Obama</a> two thumbs up in <a title="New Republic Inc." href="/topic/New+Republic+Inc." >The New Republic</a> (www.tnr.com), explicitly allowing his favorable literary judgment on Mr. Obama’s two books to shade into a political endorsement ("this man—to my ear, at least—is the real deal"). It’s a strange, le...

2010-06-12T08:34:29ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-12:/photo/book-critics-prizes-2071449p/

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, winner of the 2009 <a title="Man Booker Prize" href="/topic/Man+Booker+Prize" >Booker Prize</a> for fiction <a title="Hilary Mantel" href="/topic/Hilary+Mantel" >Hilary Mantel</a> with her book ' Wolf Hall ' poses for photographers following the announcement in central <a title="London" href="/topic/London" >London</a>, Nominees for the <a title="National Book Critics Circle" href="/topic/National+Book+Critics+Circle" >National Book Critics Circl...

2010-06-12T08:41:06ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-12:/photo/britain-booker-prize-1845535p/

Winner of the 2009 <a title="Man Booker Prize" href="/topic/Man+Booker+Prize" >Booker Prize</a> for fiction <a title="Hilary Mantel" href="/topic/Hilary+Mantel" >Hilary Mantel</a> with their book ' Wolf Hall ' poses for photographers following the announcement in central <a title="London" href="/topic/London" >London</a>, Tuesday. Oct. 6, 2009 . A tale of political intrigue set during the reign of <a title="King Henry VIII" href="/topic/King+Henry+VIII" >King Henry VIII</a> won the prestigious ...