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ToB Commissioner and TMN Contributing Writer Kevin Guilfoile’s debut novel, Cast of Shadows, was published by Knopf in 2005. His second novel, The Thousand, will arrive in August 2010.

ToB Co-Chairs Andrew Womack and Rosecrans Baldwin are TMN’s founding editors. Baldwin’s first novel, You Lost Me There, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books (August 2010).

The 2010 Tournament of Books Long List

Now is not the time to look backward over a decade. Now, say THE ROOSTER STAFF, is the moment to look forward: to the 2010 Tournament of Books. (The Rooster | December 9, 2009)

Rooster Shirts, Judges, and Brackets, Oh My!

The FIFTH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS is preparing to launch in a few weeks. Here are this year’s brackets for your office-gambling pleasure, as well as information about the 2009 judges and our brand new Rooster tees. (The Rooster | February 19, 2009)

The 2009 Tournament of Books

We interrupt our regular publishing schedule to bring you news of one feisty Rooster. Enjoying its fifth year, THE 2009 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS is coming soon, and we’ve got the nominees to prove it. (The Rooster | January 13, 2009)

Judges for the 2008 Tournament of Books

We interrupt our normal publishing schedule to bring you further news of the following sponsored event: THE 2008 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS is just one week away, and we’ve got some judges we’d like you to meet. (The Rooster | February 28, 2008)

The 2007 ToB Brackets and Book Bloggers’ Office Pool Contest

The 2007 Tournament of Books will begin this Thursday, but before then we have the brackets, the judges, and a contest for a lucky reader to win every book involved in this year’s bloodshed, courtesy of Powells.com. (The Rooster | March 5, 2007)

Announcing TMN’s 2007 Tournament of Books

Ladies and gentlemen, book nerds and illiterates, here are this year’s candidates for the Rooster Award in the 2007 Tournament of Books, sponsored by Powells.com—and we need your help in setting up the brackets. A message from KEVIN GUILFOILE. (The Rooster | February 20, 2007)


TODAY’S FEATURE

The Corruptibles

Sitting at our new surveys desk, MIKE DERI SMITH rounds up the recent trends in global corruption, from Berlusconi to Jersey Shore, to New Yorkers paying rent to the Shah of Iran.

OUR MAN IN BOSTON

The Long Goodbye

New Open City and an old literary issue.

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