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21/09/2004
Irish novelist on Man Booker shortlist
Irish novelist Colm Tóibín has made it on to the shortlist for the 50,000 Man Booker Prize, it was announced in London today.
Tóibín's The Master is on the shortlist of six, which was chosen from 22 authors.
Bookies' favourite David Mitchell also made it on to the shortlist with his novel Cloud Atlas.
The other four authors are Achmat Dangor for Bitter Fruit, Sarah Hall for The Electric Michelangelo, Alan Hollinghurst for The Line of Beauty and Gerard Woodward for I'll Go To Bed At Noon.
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 19 October.
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