Booker shortlist announced

The six shortlisted titles for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, chosen from the longlist of 13, have been announced

Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape)
Carol Birch, Jamrach's Menagerie (Canongate Books)
Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers (Granta)
Esi Edugyan, Half Blood Blues (Serpent’s Tail)
Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English (Bloomsbury)
A.D. Miller, Snowdrops (Atlantic)

What do you think? Are you sorry not to see previous winner Alan Hollinghurst on the list? Or Jane Rogers, published by small Scottish independent Sandstone Press? And who do you think should win? Writers' News is rooting for Jamrach's Menagerie. Let us know your thoughts on Talback.

Website: www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1533