Just to recap from my earlier blog (dated Feb 4, 2010) – back in 1971, the Booker Prize was revamped to honour the best novel of the year based on its year of publications. And so, many books published in 1970 were left without any opportunity of winning a Booker Prize… until this year.
The Lost Man Booker Prize is the brainchild of Peter Straus, honorary archivist to the Booker Prize Foundation.
From the very long list then, a short list of 6 titles have been picked by 3 judges at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival on 25 March 2010. The judges were Rachel Cooke, ITN newsreader, Katie Derham and poet and novelist, Tobias Hill.
- Troubles by J.G. Farrell
The 6 books are:
• The Birds on the Trees by Nina Bawden (Virago)
• Troubles by J G Farrell (Phoenix)
• The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard (Virago)
• Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault (Arrow)
• The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark (Penguin)
• The Vivisector by Patrick White (Vintage)
The winner of The Lost Man Booker Prize will be decided by the international reading public. Readers are invited to cast their vote here. Public voting closes on 23 April 2010. After that, the overall winner will be announced on 19 May 2010.
Loading ...