The shortlist for The Booker Prize, the biggest event in literary luvvies' year (at least in the UK) was announced yesterday.
Not for the first time, the judges have confounded expectations, with previously short-odds authors like David 'Cloud Atlas' Mitchell out of the running. For your information and delectation, the shortlist is...
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Carry Me Down by M J Hyland
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters.
For what predictions are worth, Sarah Waters is the new favourite to win the prize, worth £50,000 (and an increase in book sales, of course!) The lucky author will be named on October 10th- and we should be prepared for anything...
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