01 FEBRUARY 2010
Lost Man Booker Prize longlist revealed
A selection of twenty two books from 1970 has been compiled as the longlist for the Lost Man Booker Prize. Featured in the list are a collection of the books that missed out on an opportunity to win a prize due to a change in rules that year. The list includes work from Francis King with 'A Domestic Animal', 'A Guilty Thing Surprised' by Ruth Rendell and Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander, to name just a few.
The Lost Man Booker Prize has been devised by Peter Straus, who is known for his input into the Booker Prize Foundation. The books that have been chosen are still widely in print today, they have also been recognised in the industry, with some of the titles picking up other awards over the years.
A panel of three judges, which include newsreader Katie Derham, poet Tobias Hill and journalist Rachel Cooke, will whittle down the list over the next few months until they decide on six candidates, the shortlist will then be announced in March, with the public then voting on the Man Booker Prize website to decide on a winner by May.
Lost Man Booker Prize longlist
- Brian Aldiss, The Hand Reared Boy
- H.E Bates, A Little Of What You Fancy?
- Nina Bawden, The Birds On The Trees
- Melvyn Bragg, A Place In England
- Christy Brown, Down All The Days
- Len Deighton, Bomber
- JG Farrell, Troubles
- Elaine Feinstein, The Circle
- Shirley Hazzard, The Bay Of Noon
- Reginald Hill, A Clubbable Woman
- Susan Hill, I'm The King Of The Castle
- Francis King, A Domestic Animal
- Margaret Laurence, The Fire Dwellers
- David Lodge, Out Of The Shelter
- Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat
- Shiva Naipaul, Fireflies
- Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander
- Joe Orton, Head To Toe
- Mary Renault, Fire From Heaven
- Ruth Rendell, A Guilty Thing Surprised
- Muriel Spark, The Driver's Seat
- Patrick White, The Vivisector