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The 2009 Man Booker Prize Shortlist<\/p>\n
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Here it is!<\/p>\n
A.S. Byatt: The Children’s Book<\/em><\/strong> I have the Byatt and the Foulds, and I’ve just been waiting to get the Mawer and the Coetzee. Have to say, I’m a bit uncertain I can stomach the Byatt or the Mantel, but we’ll see.\u00a0At any rate, the only surprise is that Brooklyn<\/em> and Love and Summer <\/em>are nowhere on the list. 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\nJ.M. Coetzee: Summertime<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Adam Foulds: The Quickening Maze<\/em><\/strong>
\nHilary Mantel: Wolf Hall
\n<\/em><\/strong>Simon Mawer: The Glass Room<\/em><\/strong>
\nSarah Waters: The Littler Stranger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n