BOOK AWARDS
Man Booker prize 2008
http://www.themanbookerprize.com
Awarded in October each year, the prize is now officially called the Man Booker Prize, in honour of its sponsor until 2006, global investment broker Man Group while retaining the name of its original sponsor, food distribution firm Booker, which established the prize in 1969 to encourage interest in contemporary fiction.
Awarded to the best full-length novel of the year, the prize is open to authors from the UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth, the winner receiving £50,000, with £2,500 for each of the six shortlisted authors.
Winner 2008 (announced mid October)
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Atlantic Books) 9781843547211
Shortlist (announced mid-September)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The White Tiger | Aravind Adiga | Atlantic Books | 9781843547211 |
| The Secret Scripture | Sebastian Barry | Faber & Faber | 9780571239610 |
| Sea of Poppies | Amitav Ghosh | John Murray | 9780719568954 |
| The Clothes on Their Backs | Linda Grant | Virago | 9781844085408 |
| The Northern Clemency | Philip Hensher | Fourth Estate | 9780007174799 |
| A Fraction of the Whole | Steve Toltz | Hamish Hamilton | 9780241143902 |
Longlist (announced mid August)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The White Tiger | Aravind Adiga | Atlantic Books | 9781843547211 |
| Girl in a Blue Dress | Gaynor Arnold | Tindal Street Press | 9780955647611 |
| The Secret Scripture | Sebastian Barry | Faber & Faber | 9780571239610 |
| From A to X | John Berger | Verso | 9781844672882 |
| The Lost Dog | Michelle de Kretser | Chatto & Windus | 9780701182106 |
| Sea of Poppies | Amitav Ghosh | John Murray | 9780719568954 |
| The Clothes on Their Backs | Linda Grant | Virago | 9781844085408 |
| The Northern Clemency | Philip Hensher | Fourth Estate | 9780007174799 |
| Netherland | Joseph O'Neill | Fourth Estate | 9780007275007 |
| The Enchantress of Florence | Salman Rushdie | Johnathan Cape | 9780224082433 |
| Child 44 | Tom Rob Smith | Simon & Schuster | 9781847371263 |
| A Fraction of the Whole | Steve Toltz | Hamish Hamilton | 9780241143902 |
| A Case of Exploding Mangoes | Mohammed Hanif | Jonathan Cape | 9780224082044 |
