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Six titles make Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2010
07 September 2010
The six shortlisted books for this year's prestigious book award have been announced. Previous winner Peter Carey has made the shortlist for the fourth time, having previously won the award twice before. However, his book Parrot and Olivier in America is not the favourite to win the award this year. Several other shortlisted novels are above Peter Carey in the William Hill odds, and the once favourite for this year's title 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet' failed to reach the shortlist.
In order of current favourites to win the award, the shortlisted titles for the 2010 Man Booker Prize are:
C by Tom McCarthy 2/1
Room by Emma Donohue 3/1
In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut 3/1
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey 5/1
The Long Song by Andrea Levy 7/1
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson 8/1
Whilst I would not encourage you to gamble on the winner; I would encourage you all to read some of the titles and let us know whether they are worthy winners of the Man Booker Prize for literary fiction.
The winner will be announced at London's Guildhall at a formal dinner on 12th October 2010 and will receive a cheque for £50,000, plus worldwide recognition for their work. Prior to this, selected extracts from the shortlisted novels will be read by the authors and a live discussion will be held at the London's Southbank Centre (Royal Festival Hall) on Sunday 10th August. Where signed copies of the books will be available.
Last year's winner, 'Wolf Hall' by Hilary Mantel still remains on the best seller list.
This year's prize will be judged by; Rosie Blau the Financial Times literary editor; broadcaster and journalist Tom Sutcliffe; Deborah Bull - creative director of the Royal Opera House; and former poet laureate – Andrew Motion (chair of judges).
To purchase your copies of the shortlisted novels for this year's man booker prize – check our price comparison service to ensure that you get your copies at the cheapest prices. Don't forget that first hard back editions of the winning titles invariably increase in value, so be sure to take good care of your copy.
See other Man Booker Prize articles at Find Book or visit the Man Booker Prize website for more information.
