Booker shortlist 2012

This year’s Booker Prize shortlist, announced earlier this week, has a good mixture of big names and lesser known writers. Most notably, two first time novelists have been featured on the shortlist: Jeet Thayil and Alison Moore.

The shortlist also includes writers Tan Twan Eng and Deborah Levy who have both been rejected for the shortlists before. They stand among big names Hilary Mantel and Will Self.

The list of works shortlisted is as follows:

  • Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
  • Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
  • Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
  • The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
  • The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
  • Umbrella by Will Self

The winner of the shortlist will be announced on the 16th October. For more on the shortlisted novels, see the Man Booker website.

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