The great fire by shirley hazzard6/28/2023 Still, as is often the case, the Longlist includes books that are not currently available in the States, though others have been bestsellers and award winners here. For the American reader, it is worth mentioning that this is the first year that American authors are eligible for the Booker. The winner will be crowned on October 19th. This year's Longlist has been out for a while and the Shortlist will be out in a week. Take Yann Martel's Life of Pi, for example. Britain's highest award for fiction, the award is fussed over endlessly by the gossip-hungry British press, and, for the winner, the rewards are plentiful, often turning a book into a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. We are swiftly approaching the announcement of the Booker Prize.
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