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Who will win the 2012 Man Booker Prize?

Who will win the 2012 Man Booker Prize?

Asked by: Super Userkruijs in Entertainment » Awards
Settled on 10/17/2012 15:58 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:Hilary Mantel: Bring up the Bodies Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize last night with “Bring Up the Bodies,” the second installment in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, which began with 2009’s winner, “Wolf Hall.”

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-16/hilary-mantel-wins-81-000-man-booker-for-bring-up-the-bodies

Predictions

Nicola Barker: The Yips
2.5%
Ned Beauman. The Teleportation Accident
2.5%
André Brink: Philida
2.5%
Tan Twan Eng: The Garden of Evening Mists
11.7%
Michael Frayn: Skios
2.5%
Rachel Joyce: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2.5%
Deborah Levy: Swimming Home
13.3%
Hilary Mantel: Bring up the Bodies
14.5%
Alison Moore: The Lighthouse
15.9%
Will Self: Umbrella
17.4%
Jeet Thayil: Narcopolis
12.1%
Sam Thompson: Communion Town
2.8%

Background

The 12 books were chosen by a panel of judges chaired by Sir Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. The longlisted books were selected from a total of 145 titles, 11 of which were called in by the judges.

The 2012 longlist includes four debut novels, three small independent publishers and one previous winner. Of the 12 writers, seven are men and five women; nine are British, one Indian, one South African and one Malaysian. The eldest on the list is Michael Frayn at 78 and the youngest is Ned Beauman at 27.

The shortlist of six authors will be announced at a press conference at the Man Group headquarters on Tuesday 11 September 2012. The winner of the 2012 prize will be announced at a dinner at London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 16 October, in a ceremony covered by the BBC. Each of the six shortlisted writers is awarded £2,500 and a specially commissioned beautifully handbound edition of his/her book. The winner receives a further £50,000.

http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/2012-longlist-announced

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   Super Userkruijs

The six books were chosen by a panel of judges chaired by Sir Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. The shortlisted books were selected from the longlist of 12 announced in July.

http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/2012-shortlist-announced

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