Man Booker Longlist Announced
Three Canadian writers are on the longlist for this year's Man Booker Prize. Alison Pick's second novel Far to Go tells the story of an affluent Jewish Czech family during the Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia. Patrick deWitt is nominated for The Sisters Brothers, a humorous Western set during the California Gold Rush. Esi Edugyan's Half Blood Blues examines the life of a brilliant jazz musician and the racial barriers he faces in 1940s Paris. Half Blood Blues is scheduled to be released in Canada in the fall.
Man Booker Longlist
A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvette Edwards
Derby Day by DJ Taylor
Far to Go by Alison Pick
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
On Caanan's Side by Sebastian Barry
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Snowdrops by AD Miller
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
The shortlist will be announced in September and the winner will be presented on October 18.
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Please note that Toronto Public Library has now received copies of Esi Edugyan’s Half Blood Blues.
Is the library planning to get a copy of Derby Day?
Hi, KR
Sorry it took so long to answer this. It looks like the North American publication date for Derby Day is not until April 2012. In any case, TPL will get a copy as soon as it becomes available.