The Booker Longlist was announced today! Here’s what’s been dubbed as the “Man Booker Dozen”:
Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)
Emma Donoghue Room (Pan MacMillan – Picador)
Helen Dunmore The Betrayal (Penguin – Fig Tree)
Damon Galgut In a Strange Room (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Books)
Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury)
Andrea Levy The Long Song (Headline Publishing Group – Headline Review)
Tom McCarthy C (Random House – Jonathan Cape)
David Mitchell The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (Hodder & Stoughton – Sceptre)
Lisa Moore February (Random House – Chatto & Windus)
Paul Murray Skippy Dies (Penguin – Hamish Hamilton)
Rose Tremain Trespass (Random House – Chatto & Windus)
Christos Tsiolkas The Slap (Grove Atlantic – Tuskar Rock)
Alan Warner The Stars in the Bright Sky (Random House – Jonathan Cape)
These thirteen will be paired down to a short list on September 7th, with the winner announced on October 12th. I’ve officially read none of these books, though I would like to read Mitchell’s book ASAP. Which of these have you read?
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I haven’t read any of these. I get so excited by lists of books, but there are a lot there, most of which aren’t at the library yet… I’ll make more of an effort to read the short list I think. Really want to read the David Mitchell one as well.
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I’m in the process of reading Room right now. It’s amazing! Hopefully I’ll be able to check out some of the others before the short list is announced.
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Elise – I know. I hate that a lot of these don’t become available until AFTER the shortlist and even the winner is announced.
Julie – I’ll have to add ROOM to my TBR list. I’ll watch for your review.
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