Man Booker Prize 2011 short list announced

The shortlist for the 2011 Man Booker Prize is out:


Julian BarnesThe Sense of an EndingJonathan CapeA truly wonderful novel that will have the reader immersed in the story from the very first page, and all...read more »[image error]Carol BirchJamrach's MenagerieCanongateI was born twice. First in a wooden room that jutted out over the black water of the Thames, and...read more »[image error]Patrick deWittThe Sisters BrothersGranta BooksFrom the author of the acclaimed Ablutions, this dazzlingly original novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant...read more »[image error]Esi EdugyanHalf Blood BluesSerpent's Tail'Chip told us not to go out. Said, don't you boys tempt the devil. But it been one brawl of...read more »[image error]Stephen KelmanPigeon EnglishBloomsburyNewly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a...read more »[image error]A D MillerSnowdropsAtlantic Books"A.D. Miller's Snowdrops is a riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, as a young...read more »