This books was a great disappointment to me and I am surprised it managed to win the Booker Prize. ( )

I cannot grasp how this won the Booker Prize. ( )

Satirical novel about a group of aging Welsh couples who get drunk and sleep around. I am sure it is supposed to be funny, but I did not get the humor. It is definitely not my taste in subject matter. I find it hard to laugh at alcoholism. Plus, I think it denigrates the aging process. Surely some people have a positive life after retirement. I am baffled as to how this book beat out The Handmaid’s Tale or An Artist of the Floating World to win the Booker Prize in 1986. I rarely give 1-star reviews, but I strongly disliked this book. ( )

The Old Devils
By Kingsley Amis

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Get a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy. Not clear to me why this won the Booker Prize, but I guess they were celebrating 'difference'. Nearest I can get to a comparison would perhaps be Three Men in a Boat - not much happens of any consequence but how brilliantly it's described. As I'm in the same (or even older) age bracket as our heroes, I'm disappointed that the best old devils I can muster is for the occasional lads' day out. ( )