27 July 2011
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Longlist for Man Booker Prize announced
Thirteen authors have been longlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize, including four debut novelists ...
Thirteen authors have been longlisted for this year's £50,000 Man Booker Prize, including four debut novelists
Appearing on a list that includes 2004 Booker winner Alan Hollinghurst, the four first-time novelists are Stephen Kelman, A.D. Miller, Yvette Edwards and Patrick McGuinness.
The longlist is: Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape); Sebastian Barry, On Canaan's Side (Faber); Carol Birch, Jamrach's Menagerie (Canongate); Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers (Granta); Esi Edugyan, Half Blood Blues (Serpent's Tail); Yvette Edwards, A Cupboard Full of Coats (Oneworld); Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger's Child (Picador); Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English (Bloomsbury); Patrick McGuinness, The Last Hundred Days (Seren Books); A.D. Miller, Snowdrops (Atlantic); Alison Pick, Far To Go (Headline Review); Jane Rogers, The Testament of Jessie Lamb (Sandstone Press) and D.J. Taylor, Derby Day (Chatto & Windus).
The shortlist will be announced on 6 September, and the winner on 18 October.
Alan Hollinghurst is bookies William Hill's favourite at 5/1.The odds on Julian Barnes are 6/1, and Carol Birch and D.J Taylor are both 8/1. Jane Rogers is the outsider, at 18/1.
Website: www.themanbookerprize.com
Appearing on a list that includes 2004 Booker winner Alan Hollinghurst, the four first-time novelists are Stephen Kelman, A.D. Miller, Yvette Edwards and Patrick McGuinness.
The longlist is: Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape); Sebastian Barry, On Canaan's Side (Faber); Carol Birch, Jamrach's Menagerie (Canongate); Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers (Granta); Esi Edugyan, Half Blood Blues (Serpent's Tail); Yvette Edwards, A Cupboard Full of Coats (Oneworld); Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger's Child (Picador); Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English (Bloomsbury); Patrick McGuinness, The Last Hundred Days (Seren Books); A.D. Miller, Snowdrops (Atlantic); Alison Pick, Far To Go (Headline Review); Jane Rogers, The Testament of Jessie Lamb (Sandstone Press) and D.J. Taylor, Derby Day (Chatto & Windus).
The shortlist will be announced on 6 September, and the winner on 18 October.
Alan Hollinghurst is bookies William Hill's favourite at 5/1.The odds on Julian Barnes are 6/1, and Carol Birch and D.J Taylor are both 8/1. Jane Rogers is the outsider, at 18/1.
Website: www.themanbookerprize.com
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