In the week that a divided jury awarded the 2006 prize to Kiran Desai's "the Inheritance of Loss", what is astonishing is that Mr Amis's publishers did not even submit his book for consideration.

本次评奖周期间，意见相左的评委们最终把2006年布克奖授予了基兰?德赛的《遗失之继承》。奇怪的是，埃米斯的出版商甚至都未将他的著作送审。