Booker Shortlist 2008
|
Posted by Elizabeth Gregory Sep 15, 2008 |
The six novels still in the running for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction have been announced. There is no place on the list for Salman Rushdie, winner of Best of Booker and the Booker of Bookers, but two debut novelists have made the chosen few. The full shortlist is:
Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole
Linda Grant, The Clothes on their Backs
Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency
Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies
Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
The winner will be revealed on October 14th.