After a frustrating afternoon of refreshing and waiting for the Booker judges to announce the longlist here it is -
- Nicola Barker - Darkmans
- Edward Docx - Self Help
- Tan Twan Eng - The Gift Of Rain
- Anne Enright - The Gathering
- Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
- Peter Ho Davies - The Welsh Girl
- Lloyd Jones - Mister Pip
- Nikita Lalwani - Gifted
- Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach
- Catherine O'Flynn - What Was Lost
- Michael Redhill - Consolation
- Indra Sinha - Animal's People
- A. N. Wilson - Winnie & Wolf
This year, with the help from the scaled down longlist, I aim to read all 13 books in time for the prize winner announcement. To avoid any dangers of reading the blurb and deciding I don't fancy any particular book I have placed orders online for all the books having read nothing about them. I am now quite worried about what I may have let myself in for. I have ordered the books from various sources in the hope that at least a few titles will arrive quite quickly so I can begin my reading (although Winnie & Wolf is not yet published!). Further thoughts on the list tomorrow!
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