Hoping to stand out in the celebrated crowd is Jacobson, who has impressed many critics with his new novel, J. Writing in the Times, John Sutherland called it "subtle, topical, thought-provoking and painfully uncomfortable".
"Iggy's weekly show on 6 Music is always a fascinating trip through his eclectic musical mind, so I know Iggy will give a topical and thought-provoking speech which 6 Music listeners and BBC Four viewers will enjoy".
"Any advertiser likes to be in a magazine that is vital and topical and, perish the thought, hot, but George is not any of those things at this stage of the game," he said.
These books might be written like a dream, highly original, very long, intellectual, complex, nonlinear, painful, heartbreaking, thought-provoking, topical, and/or various other things.
When choosing the winner, the judges will be looking for the most original, thought-provoking and topical example of data visualisation, showing artistic merit and conveying the data in an effective manner.
Here, we report an interesting and thought-provoking case of symptomatic bradycardia following topical administration of levobunolol hydrochloride solution, in an old frail patient, symptoms, which resolved after discontinuation of this eyedrop.
He is thus coming at a very topical point rather indirectly, but because his story is so well-chosen, he leaves his audience with real food for thought.
