London Book Fair 2013

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Man Booker 2012 longlist announced

The 12 books for the Man Booker 2012 longlist 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:

* 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)

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