Long List for the Booker Prize
Snagged this from the Literary Saloon. The Secret Scripture, a recent fave, is on there. With any justice, it’ll win. (Though I haven’t read a single one of the other books.)
The List
* The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
* Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
* The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
* From A to X by John Berger
* The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser
* Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
* The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
* A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
* The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
* Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
* The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
* Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
* A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
Categories: Books
Once upon a time I recognised more than two authors on the Booker list. Woe
I”m not doing much better, honestly. Well, it’s the longlist after all.