The shortlist for the 2012 Man Booker Prize has been released. I don't think this prize needs much introduction these days, so the novels on the list are:
Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists (Myrmidon Books)
Deborah Levy, Swimming Home (And Other Stories/Faber & Faber)
Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies (Fourth Estate)
Alison Moore, The Lighthouse (Salt)
Will Self, Umbrella (Bloomsbury)
Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis (Faber & Faber)
With only one author having been shortlisted previously (Mantel) and only one winner (again Mantel) it's a fresh look at the novel. No Australians. But there weren't any on the longlist either.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday 16 October.
Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists (Myrmidon Books)
Deborah Levy, Swimming Home (And Other Stories/Faber & Faber)
Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies (Fourth Estate)
Alison Moore, The Lighthouse (Salt)
Will Self, Umbrella (Bloomsbury)
Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis (Faber & Faber)
With only one author having been shortlisted previously (Mantel) and only one winner (again Mantel) it's a fresh look at the novel. No Australians. But there weren't any on the longlist either.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday 16 October.
