Man Booker Prize longlist announced

For the first time, the traditional Booker baker's dozen includes four American writers
It is the first year that international authors have been eligible for the heavyweight UK book prize, worth £50,000 to the winner.
The longlist is:
• Joshua Ferris, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour (American)
• Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Australian)
• Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (American)
• Siri Husveldt, The Blazing World (American)
• Howard Jacobson, J (British)
• Paul Kingsnorth, The Wake (British)
• David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks (British)
• Neel Mukherjee, The Lives of Others (British)
• David Nicholls, Us (British)
• Joseph O'Neill, The Dog (Irish)
• Richard Powers, Orfeo (American)
• Ali Smith, How to be Both (British)
• Niall Williams, History of the Rain (Irish)
Chair of judges AC Grayling said: 'This is a diverse list of ambition, experiment, humour and artistry. The novels selected are full of wonderful stories and fascinating characters.
'The judges were impressed by the range of issues tackled – from 1066 to the future, from a PoW camp in Thailand, to a dentist's chair in Manhattan; from the funny to the deeply serious, sometimes in the same book.'
Five books on the list will not be published until September.
The winner of the Man Booker Prize will be announced in October.

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