the next book is by jocelyn nicole johnson. this collection captured by the stunning title cuts straight to the lie that is the american dream and rewrites it in its truth. the judges were enthralled by johnson's of the historical and the contemporary and her mapping at the point in which black survival means hope. it is a remarkable display of wit, confidence, and perceptiveness by a major new literary voice. the next book is an unrepentant eye opening novel of love, transgression, war and survival in kosovo is delivered in prose, sensitively translated from finnish. it is tender, cruel and unflinching, it stops the judges in their tracks in its visceral antiheroic detail that demonstrates the dark heart of human desire. "harlem shuffle", after two landmark works of serious fiction, whitehead returns with a deceptively wicked ride that is blessed with engaging affectionate good humor and underpins from the depths we expect from this versatile author. the judge's revelled in the author's comment and marks, moving through the un