Man Booker Prize Long List Announced
Contenders for the Man Book Prize, the Britain's most prestigious literarly prize, were announced today. Twenty-two nominees from all over the world were chosen from 132 entries, which will be whittled down to four finalists to be announced September 21. The winner will be announced on October 19 at an awards ceremony in London. The honorees are:

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria
Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam, Pakistan
Clear: A Transparent Novel byNicola Barker, England
The Island Walkers by John Bemrose, Canada
Havoc, in its Third Year by Ronan Bennett , Ireland
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, England www.jonathanstrange.com
Always the Sun by Neil Cross, Great Britain
Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor, South Africa
Becoming Strangers by Louise Dean , England
A Blade of Grassby Lewis Desoto , South Africa
The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall ,Scotland
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton Paterson , England
The Honeymoon by Justin Haythe (screenwriter, The Clearing)
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard, Australia
Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst , England
Sixty Lights by Gail Jones , Australia
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell , England
The Unnumbered by Sam North , Canada
Snowleg by Nicholas Shakespeare, England
Cherry Matt Thorne England
The Master by Colm Tóibín , Ireland
I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward England