The longlist for the 2008 Man Booker Prize:
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
From A to X by John Berger
The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
The shortlist will be announced on September 9, and the £50,000 winner will be announced on October 14 at an awards ceremony in London.
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Oy, I've only heard of four novels on that list and read absolutely none. That's bad.
I'm with you! But when I read a book that has won the Booker it is always amazing! I'll add some of these to my reading list.
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