Perhaps the world’s most jawed about literary prize has released its 2007 longlist. It features one legitimate heavyweight (who is currently the favorite in the betting parlors) and a few other familiar names. All the Booker Prize longlisters are below (with excerpts where available):
- Darkmans by Nicola Barker
- Self Help by Edward Docx (excerpt)
- The Gift Of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (excerpt)
- The Gathering by Anne Enright
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (excerpt)
- The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (excerpt)
- Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (excerpt)
- Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (excerpt)
- On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (excerpt)
- What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn
- Consolation by Michael Redhill (excerpt)
- Animal’s People by Indra Sinha
- Winnie & Wolf by A.N.Wilson