As a way of celebrating the 40th anniversary of the start of the Man Booker prize, the organiser have decided to set up a method of selecting the Best of the Bookers, the best novel to have won the prize over those 40 years. An advisory committee has selected a shortlist of six novels and the public is invited to vote for the winner.
The shortlisted works are:
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker, 1995
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey, 1988
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, 1999
The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell, 1973
The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer, 1974
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 1981
The winner will be announced on July 10, 2008.
