Man Booker 2012 Longlist Announced
2012 longlist announced
Source: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/2012-longlist-announced
25 July 2012
The 12 books were chosen by a panel of judges chaired by Sir Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. The longlisted books were selected from a total of 145 titles, 11 of which were called in by the judges
The longlist is:
Author, Title (Publisher)
Nicola Barker, The Yips (Fourth Estate) -
Ned Beauman, The Teleportation Accident (Sceptre) -
André Brink, Philida (Harvill Secker) -
Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists (Myrmidon Books) -
Michael Frayn, Skios (Faber & Faber) -
Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Doubleday) -
Deborah Levy, Swimming Home (And Other Stories) -
Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies (Fourth Estate)
Alison Moore, The Lighthouse (Salt) -
Will Self, Umbrella (Bloomsbury) -
Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis (Faber & Faber) -
Sam Thompson, Communion Town (Fourth Estate)
Peter Stothard, Chair of judges, comments:
“Goodness, madness and bewildering urban change are among the themes of this year’s longlist. In an extraordinary year for fiction the ‘Man Booker Dozen’ proves the grip that the novel has on our world. We did not set out to reject the old guard but, after a year of sustained critical argument by a demanding panel of judges, the new has come powering through.”
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