The 2012 Booker Prize long list has just been announced and it looks like it’s going to be a close contender for one of the most engaging lists of the last decade. The announcement came earlier this week, bringing the initial entry of 145 books down to the 12 selected by Sir Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement, and the rest of the judging panel that he chaired.
The 2012 long list includes Skios, Michael Frayn’s story of island duplicity, Jeet Thayil Indian highs in Narcopolis, and Ned Beauman’s tale of missing lays.
The 2012 Booker Prize long list:
- Nicola Barker, The Yips (Fourth Estate)
- Ned Beauman, The Teleportation Accident (Sceptre)
- André Brink, Philida (Harvill Secker)
- Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists (Myrmidon Books)
- Michael Frayn, Skios (Faber & Faber)
- Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Doubleday)
- Deborah Levy, Swimming Home (And Other Stories)
- Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies (Fourth Estate)
- Alison Moore, The Lighthouse (Salt)
- Will Self, Umbrella (Bloomsbury)
- Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis (Faber & Faber)
- Sam Thompson, Communion Town (Fourth Estate)
The 12 books will be whittled down to the 6 that will make up the Booker Prize short list on the 11th September 2012, and the overall winner will be announced on the 16th October 2012.
