[bypeTeenehalT]

Mirabell: now I see. But I didn't spot "My Blog" and "My Library Thing". I was looking out for your Japanese-style pseudonym.

And as for Scotland, there was a programme on the BBC about devolution less than an hour ago. But the word "Gaelic" wasn't mentioned once.

To return with Lizzy to the actual topic of this thread, prizes may be indicative but don't absolutely assure quality. There are so many prizes around nowadays.

Changing titles appears to be the prerogative of bossy publishers. My publishers have made small changes to the original title of the last two books I translated. But I approved (the author was dead, so couldn't comment). When the title is totally different, it either means there is an untranslatable pun or similar, or that some person in marketing at the publishing house wanted a more "snappy" (even if totally irrelevant) title.

I'll now look at Lizzy's and Mirabell's takes on this novel and judge accordingly.