Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Man Booker Shortlist Announced

It begins: The shortlist of nominees for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction have been announced. It won't add much to your reading list--only one of the books is available in the States right now.
The shortlisted titles are:
  • The Children's Book by A S Byatt (Available in the US October 6)
  • Summertime by J M Coetzee (Available in the US December 24; excerpts here and here)
  • The Quickening Maze by Adam Fould (No US publication date announced)
  • Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Available in the US October 13)
  • The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (No US publication date announced)
  • The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

Coetzee has already won the prize twice before; a third win would be a first for any author. Byatt has won once. The rest are first-time nominees. The winner will be announced October 6. Details are here.--David E

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