MR.PIP MAKES MAN BOOKER PRIZE

LONGLIST OF 13

Lloyd Jones' glory year continues with Mr.Pip on the longlist.

The longlist is:

· Darkmans by Nicola Barker (4th Estate)
· Self Help by Edward Docx (Picador)
· The Gift Of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon)
· The Gathering by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
· The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
· The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (Sceptre)
· Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray)(Penguin in NZ & Aust)
· Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (Viking)
· On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)
· What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn (Tindal Street)
· Consolation by Michael Redhill (William Heinemann)
· Animal’s People by Indra Sinha (Simon & Schuster)
· Winnie & Wolf by A.N.Wilson (Hutchinson)

For the full story including judges comments use this link.

And here is the Guardian comment on the list.