Booker "Long List" Announced

17 authors have been announced in the running for the Man Booker Prize. See the CBC article: Rushdie among authors in running for Booker.

The full list:

• Tash Aw – The Harmony Silk Factory


• John Banville – The Sea


• Julian Barnes – Arthur & George


• Sebastian Barry – A Long Long Way


• J.M. Coetzee – Slow Man


• Rachel Cusk – In the Fold


• Kazuo Ishiguro – Never Let Me Go


• Dan Jacobson – All For Love


• Marina Lewycka – A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian


• Hilary Mantel – Beyond Black


• Ian McEwan – Saturday


• James Meek – The People's Act of Love


• Salman Rushdie – Shalimar the Clown


• Ali Smith – The Accidental


• Zadie Smith – On Beauty


• Harry Thompson – This Thing of Darkness


• William Wall – This Is The Country

Short list will be announced on September 8, and the winner will be announced on October 10th.