The longlist of books in contention for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced and included on the list are Australians Peter Carey (for Parrot and Olivier in America) and Christos Tsiolkas (for The Slap). Huge congratulations to both authors and everyone else making up the 'Man Booker Dozen' too.
- Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore
- In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
- The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (out in Australia in October)
- The Long Song by Andrea Levy
- C by Tom McCarthy (out in Australia in September)
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
- February by Lisa Moore
- Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
- Trespass by Rose Tremain
- The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
- The Stars in the Bright Sky by Alan Warner
The shortlist will be announced on September 7 with the eventual winner taking home the £50,000 prize money on October 12.
