With the 2007 Miles Franklin Award winner due to be announced on Thursday 21st June, Jason Steger, in "The Age", looks at the prize and this year's contenders.
His conclusion: "If originality were the key to the prize, Wright might have it stitched up. Indeed, most people around the books traps seem to think she is a shoo-in. That remains to be seen. As Peter Carey has said umpteen times, literary prizes are a lottery."
Just as a reminder the shortlisted works are:
Theft by Peter Carey
Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones
Careless by Deborah Robertson
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
