2008 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced

Posted on September 9, 2008

The Man Booker Prize has announced the shortlist for the award. The shortlisted novels are:

• Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (Atlantic)

• Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture (Faber and Faber)

• Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies (John Murray)

• Linda Grant, The Clothes on Their Backs (Virago)

• Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency (Fourth Estate)

• Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton)

Noticeably missing from the shortlist are John Berger and Salman Rushdie. The judging panel this year is chaired by former MP and Cabinet Minister Michael Portillo. Other judges are Alex Clark, editor of Granta; Louise Doughty, novelist; James Heneage, founder of Ottakar's bookshops and Hardeep Singh Kohli, TV and radio broadcaster.

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