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Man Booker Prize 2010 Shortlist Announced

First Posted: 09/07/10 08:24 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:35 PM ET

Inspiring
 Funny
 Typical
 Important
 Outrageous
 Amazing
 Innovative
 Beautiful
Peter Carey

themanbookerprize.com:

Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)

Emma Donoghue Room (Picador - Pan Macmillan)

Damon Galgut In a Strange Room (Atlantic Books - Grove Atlantic)

Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury)

Andrea Levy The Long Song (Headline Review -
Headline Publishing Group)

Tom McCarthy C (Jonathan Cape - Random House)

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Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber) Emma Donoghue Room (Picador - Pan Macmillan) Damon Galgut In a Strange Room (Atlantic Books - Grove Atlantic) Howard Jacobson The Finkler...
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AnimalLover6
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11:22 PM on 09/07/2010
I'm guessing Galgut will win it.
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SweetBabu
Don't wanna cry, so I guess I'll laugh
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09:10 PM on 09/07/2010
Just read a review of "Room" a few days ago. It's definitely on my list.
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kielc
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02:47 PM on 09/07/2010
Peter Carey will win the Nobel Prize eventually, likely sooner than later. For my money, he's the best novelist writing in English today.
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Anna Baddeley
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09:22 AM on 09/07/2010
The Omnivore has pored over newspapers and literary journals to bring you all the reviews for the shortlisted books ... including Michiko Kakutani's verdict on "C".

Read our roundups, including quotes and links to the full reviews, here:

http://blog.theomnivore.co.uk/2010/09/07/man-booker-prize-2010-shortlist-reviews/
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