The critics weigh in on Aravind Adiga’s Booker winner

Lindesay Irvine: Beyond Michael Portillo's jury, few pulses have been raised by Aravind Adiga's Booker victory

The fall of Man Booker

John Sutherland: It hasn't been the best year for the Booker prize, but where is the sense in blaming male academics?

Sam Jordison: I'm not denying its virtues, but I don't think I'm the only one to find Adiga a most unlikely winner

John Sutherland: Which category of Booker winner does Aravind Adiga fit into?

Is there a higher honour in English letters? Yes, and you win it by getting all these questions right

Charlotte Higgins: If it were down to me, it would be Philip Hensher for the cheque – much to my surprise

Sam Jordison: As with others on the list, Toltz's 700-plus-page debut is another potentially excellent book undone by its excesses

Lee Rourke: The British fear of esoteric thinking has left our Booker shortlist an embarrassing failure

An 'engagé' wins the Nobel, betting on the Booker, and Istanbul goes to Frankfurt

Sam Jordison: Not to labour the point, this novel has way too much superfluous detail

A brilliant novel about judging by appearances turns out to provide a cautionary tale for me

To mark the its 40th anniversary, please help us work out which great novels the award has overlooked

The novelist goes up the wall waiting to hear if her book has been shortlisted for the Booker

If it's not the quality of the writing, could it be that the reason Rushdie didn't make the shortlist is down to one terrible culinary howler?

I'm very keen to write about this one - because I hated it so much