Book News
Three Irish authors make Booker longlist
Wednesday 10 August 2005
Sebastian Barry has been nominated for his third novel, 'A Long Long Way' , John Banville for 'The Sea' and William Wall for 'This Is The Country'
Banville was previously shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989 for 'The Book of Evidence'.
Ian McEwan and Julian Barnes have been made favourites to win this year's Man Booker Prize.
Four previous winners - McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie and JM Coetzee - have made the 2005 longlist.
The shortlist will be announced next month, and the winner in October.
The full longlist is:
Tash Aw - 'The Harmony Silk Factory'
John Banville - 'The Sea'
Julian Barnes - 'Arthur & George'
Sebastian Barry - 'A Long Long Way'
JM 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'
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