Very tough decision with so many interesting selections. I was always going to vote for the Naipaul and the Forster, and I wasn't going to vote for the O'Connor - it's a great read, but I've already read it (and I'd recommend the title short story as one of the best I've read).
The other three were hard going though to make a choice on. Looking at the way the votes have gone made it especially difficult - I could've not voted for any of the three, hoping the Forster would get one more vote to win in the end. And that's why I didn't vote for the Walser or the Pirandello - they both sound interesting but there's no point in voting for everything, and I'd rather Forster.
I think I'm still a bit scarred on books about Japanese disasters from reading Black Rain last year, so at first I was leery of the Murakami. But I have been wanting to try him and was disappointed Norwegian Wood didn't win the month it was nominated, so in the end I reconsidered, set aside my reservations on the subject matter and voted for it.
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