No sooner do I mention the Booker Prize in passing than longlist is announced for the British literary establishment's biggest prize. Nothing that I've read on there (which to be honest, doesn't make a change) but at least there are a few women nominated...
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan is the bookies favourite to win but, as we've said before, that doesn't always mean much!
The winner, announced in October, will bag a healthy £50,000. (And, if they're lucky, increased sales too.)
Carry on over the cut for the full list.
The Booker Longlist:
Darkmans by Nicola Barker
Self Help by Edward Docx
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
The Gathering by Anne Enright
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Gifted by Nikita Lalwani
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
Consolation by Michael Redhill
Animal's People by Indra Sinha
Winnie & Wolf by A N Wilson
[Via BooktradeInfo]
