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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