The Man Book Prize is for novels written in English by writers from Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth of former British colonies.
From India are Aravind Adiga and his novel The White Tiger and Amitav Ghosh with the novel Sea of Poppies.
From Australia is author Steve Toltz with his first novel A Fraction of the Whole. The Albemarle library has a copy of this book available for checkout.
Ireland's Sebastian Barry recieved his second nomination for his novel The Secret Scripture. This title is on order and will be available soon.
Two novelists from England are on the list. Linda Grant for her novel The Clothes on Their Backs, which is on order and will be available soon. And Philip Hensher for his novel The Northern Clemency. His newest novel is not available for order yet, but the Albemarle library does have a copy of his previous book Mulberry Empire available for checkout.
The Man Booker winner will be announced on October 14.
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