Prix Goncourt Prize Shortlist:

Press Release via Book2Book

The Goncourt jury has released their second selection. Twelve novels become 8.
The eight survivors of the second selection of the Prix Goncourt in 2012:

Vassilis Alexakis , L'enfant grec (Stock)
Thierry Beinstingel , Ils désertent (Fayard)
Patrick Deville, Peste et choléra (Seuil)
Joël Dicker , La vérité sur l'affaire Harry Québert (De Fallois/L'âge d'homme)
Mathias Enard , Rue des voleurs (Actes Sud)
Jérôme Ferrari, Le sermon de la chute de Rome (Actes Sud)
Linda Lê, Lame de fond (Bourgois)
Joy Sorman , Comme une bête (Gallimard)

The final selection will be announced on October 30th from Beirut Book Fair and the prize will be awarded on November 7.

L'Express