So the MAN Booker Prize longlist has been announced for 2013. This is the list:
Five Star Billionaire Tash Aw
We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo
The Luminaries Eleanor Catton
Harvest Jim Crace
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman Eve Harris
The Kills Richard House
The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
Unexploded Alison MacLeod
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Almost English Charlotte Mendelson
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki
The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan
The Testament of Mary Colm Tóibín
Has anyone read any of these longlisted novels (note, some of them aren't out yet though!)? Any thoughts on a winner? Sadly I haven't read any of the books yet, though I am pleased to say I have signed first editions of the Crace, Bulaweyo and Ozeki books which I haven't yet got around to reading. A lot of good things are being said about Richard House's The Kills. Good to see a lot of new names on the list.