Forget the longlist. The Booker Prize shortlist is here, and favorites Peter Carey and David Mitchell didn’t make the cut, clearing the field for lesser known writers as the Guardian describes. Those that did make the list are:
- The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai – Excerpt
- The Secret River by Kate Grenville – Excerpt
- Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland – Excerpt
- In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar – Excerpt
- Mother’s Milk by Edward St. Aubyn – Excerpt
- The Night Watch by Sarah Waters – Excerpt
