I'm not really sure why this book won the Man Booker Prize... I was not impressed by it at all. I didn't really like it, and for a short book (under 300 pages), it seemed dragged out and dull in sections. There were hints of great secrets and revelations to come, but none were revealed. The description of the book was more interesting than the book itself. The narrator was a rather unlikable woman and the "resolution" (hardly the right word for this ending) was terribly weak. All in all, it was well-written, but unsatisfying.