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15/08/2006
Man Booker longlist announced
The longlist for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction was announced yesterday. David Mitchell has been tipped to win with his rites-of-passage novel, Black Swan Green. Mitchell was previously nominated for Cloud Atlas two years ago.
The longlist of 19 books was chosen from 112 entries; 95 were submitted for the prize and 17 were called in by the panel of judges.
The judging panel for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction includes Hermione Lee, Oxford professor of English literature; poet and novelist Simon Armitage; award winning novelist Candia McWilliam; critic Anthony Quinn and Irish actor Fiona Shaw.
Lee, the Chair of judges, said: "We have many regrets about some of the novels were left off, and we could easily have had a longlist of about 30 books, but were delighted with the variety, the originality, the drama and craft, the human interest and the strong voices in this longlist."
The 2006 shortlist will be announced on Thursday 14 September and the winner will be announced on Tuesday 10 October at an awards ceremony in London.
Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006 longlist:
Peter Carey - Theft: A Love Story
Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss
Robert Edric - Gathering the Water
Nadine Gordimer - Get a Life
Kate Grenville - The Secret River
MJ Hyland - Carry Me Down
Howard Jacobson - Kalooki Nights
James Lasdun - Seven Lies
Mary Lawson - The Other Side of the Bridge
Jon McGregor - So Many Ways to Begin
Hisham Matar - In the Country of Men
Claire Messud - The Emperors Children
David Mitchell - Black Swan Green
Naeem Murr - The Perfect Man
Andrew OHagan - Be Near Me
James Robertson - The Testament of Gideon Mack
Edward St Aubyn - Mothers Milk
Barry Unsworth - The Ruby in Her Navel
Sarah Waters - The Night Watch
Bibliofemme Reviews:
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
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