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    Monday, August 14, 2006

    Booker Prize Longlist

    I doubt I'll ever read any of these, I'm afraid I'm too much of a literary fishmonger. But, you never know. It was just released today to invigorate the seasonal book sales.

    The novels 2006

    Peter Carey - Theft: A Love Story

    Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss

    Robert Edric - Gathering the Water

    Nadine Gordimer - Get a Life

    Kate Grenville - The Secret River

    MJ Hyland - Carry Me Down

    Howard Jacobson - Kalooki Nights

    James Lasdun - Seven Lies

    Mary Lawson - The Other Side of the Bridge

    Jon McGregor - So Many Ways to Begin

    Hisham Matar - In the Country of Men

    Claire Messud - The Emperor's Children

    David Mitchell - Black Swan Green

    Naeem Murr - The Perfect Man

    Andrew O'Hagan - Be Near Me

    James Robertson - The Testament of Gideon Mack

    Edward St Aubyn - Mother's Milk

    Barry Unsworth - The Ruby in Her Navel

    Sarah Waters - The Night Watch

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