Tuesday, July 29, 2008

2008 Longlist Announced!

The "Man Booker Dozen" has just been announced. The 13 longlist titles are:
  • The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
  • Girl in a Blue Dress, by Gaynor Arnold
  • The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry
  • From A to X, by John Berger
  • The Lost Dog, by Michelle de Kretser
  • Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh
  • The Clothes on Their Backs, by Linda Grant
  • A Case of Exploding Mangoes, by Mohammed Hanif
  • The Northern Clemency, by Philip Hensher
  • Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill
  • The Enchantress of Florence, by Salman Rushdie
  • Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith
  • A Fraction of the Whole, by Steve Toltz

The shortlist will be announced on September 9, and the prize awarded October 14. A more detailed news story can be found on the prize website, here.

Let the reading begin! Feel free to post reviews and opinions of shortlisted works on this blog.

2 comments:

  1. Only two women. That's disappointing.

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  2. I loved O'Neill's Netherland, and I hope it goes far. Then again, it's the only one I've read so far!

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