The shortlist for the 2007 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced. The titles are:
- Darkmans by Nicola Barker (on order – CSU Library)
- The Gathering by Anne Enright (on order)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (on order)
- Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (available – check Library catalogue for location details)
- On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (on order)
- Animal’s People by Indra Sinha (on order)
Mister Pip by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones is the ‘hot’ favourite for the prize. The novel is published by Text Publishing, a Melbourne based publisher. The winner will be announced on 16 October.