Margaret Atwood, Graham Swift and Martin Amis are amongst the authors named on the longlist of books for the 2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction today.
The 23-strong longlist was chosen from a grand total of 117 entries.
Chair of judges, Professor John Carey, said: "This is a strong and diverse longlist, with a pleasing component of new names. It reflects the passionate preferences of the individual judges, and it will be very tough reducing it to a shortlist."
The 2003 shortlist will be announced on Tuesday 16 September, with an awards ceremony at the British Museum, London to announce the winner on Tuesday 14 October.
Longlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2003:'Brick Lane' by Monica Ali 'Yellow Dog' by Martin Amis'Oryx and Crake' by Margaret Atwood 'Turn Again Home' by Carol Birch 'Crossing the Lines' by Melvyn Bragg 'Elizabeth Costello' by JM Coetzee 'The Taxi Driver's Daughter' by Julia Darling 'Schopenhauer's Scribner' by Gerard Donovan'The Good Doctor' by Damon Galgut 'The Romantic' by Barbara Gowdy'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon 'Notes on a Scandal' by Zoe Heller'The Nick of Time' by Francis King 'Heligoland' by Shena Mackay'Astonishing Splashes Of Colour' by Clare Morrall 'Jazz etc' by John Murray'Something Might Happen' by Julie Myerson 'Judge Savage' by Tim Parks 'A Distant Shore' by Caryl Phillips 'Vernon God Little' by DCB Pierre 'Waxwings' by Jonathan Raban 'The Light of Day' by Graham Swift 'Frankie & Stankie' by Barbara Trapido
