Two Irish Authors Named on Booker Shortlist
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from Irish Times, 29th July 2008
Two Irish authors named on Booker longlist
EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY
Two Irish authors have made it onto this year’s longlist for the
prestigious Man Booker prize.
The 13-strong list includes Sebastian Barry’s The Secret Scripture and
Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland .
Barry was shortlisted for the 2005 prize for his book A Long Long
Way.
British author Salman Rushdie, who won the prize in 1981 for
Midnight’s Children , is also nominated for his latest book The
Enchantress of Florence .
The other authors on the list are: Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger ,
Gaynor Arnold for Girl in a Blue Dress , John Berger for From A to X ,
Michelle de Kretser for The Lost Dog , Amitav Ghosh for Sea of
Poppies , Linda Grant for The Clothes on Their Backs , Mohammed Hanif
for A Case of Exploding Mangoes , Philip Hensher for The Northern
Clemency , Tom Rob Smith for Child 44 , Steve Toltz for A Fraction of
the Whole .
A shortlist of six books for the £50,000 prize will announced in
September.
The 13 books, announced today, were chosen from 112 entries, 103 were
submitted for the prize and nine were called in by the judges.
Chair of this year’s judging panel former British MP Michael Portillo
said: “With a notable degree of consensus, the five Man Booker judges
decided on their longlist of 13 books.”
Mr Portillio said: "The judges are pleased with the geographical
balance of the longlist with writers from Pakistan, India, Australia,
Ireland and UK.
"We also are happy with the interesting mix of books, five first
novels and two novels by former winners.
The list covers an extraordinary variety of writing. Still two
qualities emerge this year: large scale narrative and the striking use
of humour.”
The judging panel for this year’s prize is: Michael Portillo, former
MP and Cabinet Minister; Alex Clark, editor of Granta; Louise Doughty,
novelist; James Heneage, founder of Ottakar’s bookshops and Hardeep
Singh Kohli, TV and radio broadcaster.
© 2008 irishtimes.com
Two Irish authors named on Booker longlist
EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY
Two Irish authors have made it onto this year’s longlist for the
prestigious Man Booker prize.
The 13-strong list includes Sebastian Barry’s The Secret Scripture and
Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland .
Barry was shortlisted for the 2005 prize for his book A Long Long
Way.
British author Salman Rushdie, who won the prize in 1981 for
Midnight’s Children , is also nominated for his latest book The
Enchantress of Florence .
The other authors on the list are: Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger ,
Gaynor Arnold for Girl in a Blue Dress , John Berger for From A to X ,
Michelle de Kretser for The Lost Dog , Amitav Ghosh for Sea of
Poppies , Linda Grant for The Clothes on Their Backs , Mohammed Hanif
for A Case of Exploding Mangoes , Philip Hensher for The Northern
Clemency , Tom Rob Smith for Child 44 , Steve Toltz for A Fraction of
the Whole .
A shortlist of six books for the £50,000 prize will announced in
September.
The 13 books, announced today, were chosen from 112 entries, 103 were
submitted for the prize and nine were called in by the judges.
Chair of this year’s judging panel former British MP Michael Portillo
said: “With a notable degree of consensus, the five Man Booker judges
decided on their longlist of 13 books.”
Mr Portillio said: "The judges are pleased with the geographical
balance of the longlist with writers from Pakistan, India, Australia,
Ireland and UK.
"We also are happy with the interesting mix of books, five first
novels and two novels by former winners.
The list covers an extraordinary variety of writing. Still two
qualities emerge this year: large scale narrative and the striking use
of humour.”
The judging panel for this year’s prize is: Michael Portillo, former
MP and Cabinet Minister; Alex Clark, editor of Granta; Louise Doughty,
novelist; James Heneage, founder of Ottakar’s bookshops and Hardeep
Singh Kohli, TV and radio broadcaster.
© 2008 irishtimes.com
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