2015 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Is Announced
The shortlist for the 2015 Man Booker Prize has been announced, whittling down the contenders to a total of sixonly two of them British. For the second year, the prestigious literary prize is open to any book published in English in the U.K. rather than just those written by authors from the U.K. the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe. The shortlist includes two American authors Hanya Yanagihara and Anne Tyler. This is British author Tom McCarthy's second time on the shortlist. Marlon James Jamaica  A Brief History of Seven Killings, Tom McCarthy U.K.  Satin Island, Chigozie Obioma Nigeria  The Fishermen, Sunjeev Sahota U.K.  The Year of the Runaways, Anne Tyler U.S.  A Spool of Blue Thread, Hanya Yanagihara U.S.  A Little Life, Each of these finalists will receive 2,500 3,848. The Man Booker winner, who gets an additional 50,000 76,955, will be announced on Oct. 13. Check out the longlist here.