Booker club: Moon Tiger

Sam Jordison: Ludicrously patronised by reviewers, Penelope Lively's novel is actually one of the very best Booker winners ever

Booker club: The Bone People by Keri Hulme

Sam Jordison: Keri Hulme's The Bone People deals with hefty issues surrounding Maori displacement. Shame it breaks down too easily into bad writing and spiritual nonsense

Judging the 2009 Booker prize

The consensus among this year's Booker judges lasted right up until the moment of the vote, but I'm glad Hilary Mantel has won