We asked Penguin Group authors to tell us which books they are giving, and which books they’d most like to receive this holiday season.

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Songs for the Missing has been nominated for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.  Nominated by Stadtbibliothek Bremen in Germany, the librarian writes:

This is an elegantly crafted, memorable book that resonates with sadness. O’Nan reminds of the eternal varieties such as love, compassion and honour.

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[link to IMPAC Dublin 2010 longlist of nominees]