The Man Booker Prize finalists have been announced:
The finalists are:
- Nicola Barker, “The Yips” (Fourth Estate) [on order]
- 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) [on order]
- Hilary Mantel, “Bring Up the Bodies” (Fourth Estate)
- Alison Moore, “The Lighthouse” (Salt)
- Will Self, “Umbrella” (Bloomsbury)
- Jeet Thayil, “Narcopolis” (Faber & Faber) [on order]
- Sam Thompson, “Communion Town” (Fourth Estate) [on order]
The rest of the titles will be ordered for Mullen Library. The winner will be announced October 16th.