The Man Booker Prize Long list for 2013 was announced last
week by this year’s panel of judges. The
prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year
written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonweatlh or the Republic of
Ireland. The winner of the prize receives £50,000, and, like all the
shortlisted authors, a check for £2,500 and a designer bound copy of their
books.
The Long List includes 13 novels:
Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki*
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw
Harvest by Jim Crace*
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Kills by Richard House
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris
The Spinning Heart by Donl Ryan
The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin*
Transatlantic by Colum McCann
Unexploded by Alison MacLeod
We Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo*
*These books have been ordered. Transatlantic is owned by
the library and has been checked out. The short list will be announced in
September and the prize awarded in October. Last year’s winner was Hilary
Mantel for Bringing Up the Bodies.
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