“Aravind Adiga and Steve Toltz are in the running for the prestigious prize with their maiden novels. Linda Grant is the only woman to make the list, along with former nominee Philip Hensher, Sebastian Barry and Indian writer Amitav Ghosh Murray. The winning writer will be handed the £50,000 prize in London on 14 October.”
Tag: 09.09.08
Rushdie Not Seriously Considered For This Year’s Booker
“Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence was simply not a good enough book to make it past the longlist stage of this year’s Booker prize, according to the chair of judges, Michael Portillo. To add insult to the double Booker of Booker winner’s injured pride, Portillo added that the judges didn’t even spend that much time discussing it.”