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I stand (sit) corrected. For some reason (age?) I thought that I had read that Haruki Murakami had died. All the more reason why he should have received the prize. Thomas Pynchon would not have been inappropriate either.
After I sent my previous reply I though of Patti smith as well. I have her "Patti Smith Complete" on my shelf. But, and I think this was also relevant to the choice of Dylan, Dylan has moved more product than those three together. Dylan's counter-culture creds made his name and reputation. It isn't that I think that Dylan's song writing isn't good, he's written some great songs. It's just that I think that the others have written better songs. For the record, two of my favourite Dylan songs (they vary according to the time of day, phase of the mood etc.) are "Masters of War" and "You've Got to Serve Someone"
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