Here are the novels still in the running for the Man Booker Prize for 2010 – is your favourite here? C Tom McCarthy The author of ‘one of the great English novels of the past ten years’ moves to the next level, with a novel of thrilling action, imagination and ambition, perfect for fans of [...]
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You don’t need me to tell you that Wolf Hall, by British novelist Hilary Mantel, is good. It won the 2009 Man Booker prize, and was also shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel award and 2010 Orange Prize for fiction. That sort of success speaks for itself. Clearly, the novel is good. What I can [...]
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J G Farrell tops poll to find best novel of 1970 Forty years after it was first published, Troubles, by J G Farrell, is today (Wednesday 19 May), announced as the winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize – a one-off prize to honour the books published in 1970, but not considered for the prize [...]
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The Short-list of the Lost Man Booker Prize has been announced! The six books are: • The Birds on the Trees by Nina Bawden (Virago) • Troubles by J G Farrell (Phoenix) • The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard (Virago) • Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault (Arrow) • The Driver’s Seat by Muriel [...]
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Amid all the packing and unpacking this week, we had barely time to scratch ourselves, but we have just got to mention the Man Booker Prize longlist. A baker’s dozen, two past winners, four past listed authors and two new writers.
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