While the money and career boost is thrilling for authors, in the end, to survive, prizes have to resonate with the public.
Erica Jong called it one of the first and best feminist novels ever written, and it is thrilling for its tough, poetic illumination of a woman's struggle to decide between convention and independence.
While the Tajiks' newfound faith is thrilling for some, it has alarmed others, who worry that Islam's popularity, combined with an economic crisis here, could lead to a surge of fundamentalism or militancy.
This is thrilling for three key reasons, to be expounded upon forthwith, but before you start hyperventilating, be aware that none of this goes in-store until February, so put the car keys down and exhale.
Whereas Butt's steering of the more concise St John Passion, issued last year, is thrilling for its racy, dramatic thrust, here he embraced the Matthew's scope for expansive reflection.
This is thrilling for many reasons – first, because the teenage Alison, who'd check the shelves weekly to see if a new Catherine Alliott or Jilly Cooper, Joanna Trollope or Freya North, had been published, is leaping around inside me with excitement.
