The shortlist has been released for one of the more prestigious book awards: The Man Booker Prize. Two first-time authors, Aravind Adiga and Steve Toltz, made this year's list over Salman Rushdie's latest, The Enchantress of Florence.
The 2008 shortlist is:
Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (Atlantic)
Sebastian Barry, Secret Scripture (Faber and Faber)
Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies (John Murray)
Linda Grant, The Clothes on Their Backs (Virago)
Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency (Fourth Estate)
Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton)
The winning author will be presented with the award and prize money at a ceremony the evening of October 14.
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