In case you haven't heard, the Booker Shortlist 2012 has been announced today, and looks like this:
- Tan Twan Eng - The Garden Of Evening Mists (Myrmidon Books)
- Deborah Levy - Swimming Home (And Other Stories/Faber & Faber)
- Hilary Mantel - Bring Up The Bodies (Fourth Estate)
- Alison Moore - The Lighthouse (Salt)
- Will Self - Umbrella (Bloomsbury)
- Jeet Thayil - Narcopolis (Faber & Faber
It must be an exciting day for Hilary Mantel, who is a favourite to take the prize, which will make her the first Brit to win twice - an amazing achievement considering her last win for Wolf Hall is still so fresh in people's minds.Thayil and Moore are both nominated for their fiction debuts, which gives weight to the judges claim that this year is all about the novel rather the novelists: it really seems that they're concentrating on delivering a result that prioritises the work above reputation. I'll admit I haven't got around to really any of the novels either long or shortlisted; but I'm really keen to read Narcopolis and The Garden of Evening Mists.
Any thoughts? Has anyone read any of the titles? Are they worthy candidates for Book of the Year?
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