you are not quite going to announce it yet, i am really sorry. butjust a sense of how you got to this decision because it must have been hard. is it true the panel rereads the whole shortlist and i wonder what the experience is like? absolutely, we re read all of the books three times, all of us. it is amazing how the books divulge new meanings each time you read them and you notice different things about them. it is a testament to the greatness of all the shortlisted title that they did repay multiple readings. and in a very short time and from people with such different vantage point. i5 and from people with such different vantage point. is it and from people with such different vantage point- vantage point. is it fair to ask how it affected your vantage point. is it fair to ask how it affected your decision, - vantage point. is it fair to ask how it affected your decision, the i it affected your decision, the rereading process? let it affected your decision, the rereading process