Booker Shortlist Announced
And, sadly, Me Cheetah, the fake bio of a famous Hollywood chimp, is not on the shortlist.
Surprisingly, neither is Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn.
The UK’s Telegraph calls this” the best shortlist in years” and says it is “striking how many of these novels are by women.” The Booker Web site has the judges’ descriptions of the titles.
Only one title on the list that is currently available in the U.S.:
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• J.M. Coetzee — Summertime
• A.S. Byatt — The Children’s Book
• Adam Foulds — The Quickening Maze
• Hilary Mantel — Wolf Hall
• Simon Mawer — The Glass Room
• Sarah Water — The Little Stranger
The following are scheduled for publication here, but not until after the award is announced on October 6th.
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The following are not yet scheduled for publication in the U.S.:
- Simon Mawer, The Glass Room
- Adam Foulds, The Quickening Maze
According to the Guardian, the bookmaker’s favorite is Wolf Hall, a historical novel about Thomas Cromwell.