The nominees for this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award have been announced, but there are no Irish or female authors on the shortlist.
Eight writers based in France, Britain, Norway, India and the US have been shortlisted for the €100,000 award, the world's most valuable literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.
The nominated authors are: Junot Díaz ('The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'), Jean Echenoz ('Ravel'), Mohsin Hamid ('The Reluctant Fundamentalist'), Travis Holland ('The Archivist's Story'), Roy Jacobsen ('The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles'), David Leavitt ('The Indian Clerk'), Indra Sinha ('Animal's People') and Michael Thomas ('Man Gone Down').
The winner will be announced by the Patron of the Award, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Eibhlin Byrne, on Thursday, 11 June.
