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11/08/2005
Banville and Barry on Booker longlist
Irish authors John Banville and Sebastian Barry are on the longlist for this year's Man Booker Prize for Literature.
Banville, who was previously shortlisted in 1989 for The Book of Evidence, has been nominated for The Sea and Barry has been nominated for his third novel, A Long Long Way.
Four previous winners - Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie and JM Coetzee - are on the 2005 longlist.
McEwan and Julian Barnes are favourites to win this year's Man Booker Prize for Saturday and Arthur & George respectively.
"This ... in the judges' opinion may rank as one of the strongest ever since the prize was founded in 1969," the judges said in a statement.
Rated as one of the world's top literary prizes, the Man Booker rewards the best novel of the last 12 months written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The winner receives £50,000 and a guaranteed increase in sales.
The shortlist will be announced next month, and the winner on 10 October.
The full longlist:
Tash Aw - The Harmony Silk Factory
John Banville - The Sea
Julian Barnes - Arthur & George
Sebastian Barry - A Long Long Way
JM Coetzee - Slow Man
Rachel Cusk - In the Fold
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
Dan Jacobson - All For Love
Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Hilary Mantel - Beyond Black
Ian McEwan - Saturday
James Meek - The People's Act of Love
Salman Rushdie - Shalimar the Clown
Ali Smith - The Accidental
Zadie Smith - On Beauty
Harry Thompson - This Thing of Darkness
William Wall - This Is The Country
Bibliofemme reviews: The Sea by John Banville
Bibliofemme reviews: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
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