The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Usual rules - one entry per person, please try to avoid general chat in this thread.


The shortlist is:

Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado (The 87 Press)
Love by Hanne Ørstavik, tr. Martin Aitken (And Other Stories)
We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner (Dostoyevsky Wannabe)
Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, tr. Frank Wynne (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Patience by Toby Litt (Galley Beggar Press)

Shortlist rankings only:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Patience by Toby Litt, 1.80, 0.87, 10, 6, 0.47
2, Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, 2.17, 1.19, 6, 2, 0.43
3, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner, 2.80, 2.03, 10, 3, 0.79
4, Love by Hanne Ørstavik, 3.43, 2.55, 7, 0, 0.68
5, Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado, 3.50, 2.67, 6, 0, 0.68

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Patience by Toby Litt, 1.80, 14, 10, 6
2, Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, 2.17, 9, 6, 2
3, Love by Hanne Ørstavik, 3.43, -7, 7, 0
4, Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado, 3.50, -8, 6, 0
4, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner, 2.80, -8, 10, 3

Including longlist ratings:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Patience by Toby Litt, 1.85, 1.04, 13, 8, 0.61
2, Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, 2.25, 1.39, 8, 3, 0.58
3, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner, 2.64, 2.20, 14, 3, 0.94
4, Love by Hanne Ørstavik, 3.00, 2.26, 10, 1, 0.73
5, Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado, 3.50, 2.67, 6, 0, 0.68

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Patience by Toby Litt, 1.85, 15, 13, 8
2, Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, 2.25, 9, 8, 3
3, Love by Hanne Ørstavik, 3.00, -6, 10, 1
4, Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado, 3.50, -8, 6, 0
5, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner, 2.64, -10, 14, 3

1 Animalia
2 Patience
3 Love
4 Broken Jaw
5 We Are Made of Diamond Stuff

1. Animalia
2. Patience
3. We Are Made of Diamond Stuff
4. Love
5.

1. We are Diamond Stuff
2. Animalia
3. Love
4. Broken Jaw
5. Patience

1 Patience
2 Animalia
3 We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff
4 Love
5 Broken Jaw

1 Patience
2 Broker Jaw
3 Love
4 We are Made of Diamond Stuff
5 Animalia

1. Patience
2. Broken Jaw
3. We Are Made of Diamond Stuff

1. We Are Made of Diamond Stuff
3. Patience

1. Patience
2. Animalia
3. Love
4. Broken Jaw
5. We are made of Diamond Stuff

1. Patience
2. We are made of diamond stuff

1) Patience
2) We Are Made of Diamond Stuff
3)
4) Love