BOOKER SHORTLIST 2015

This year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist has just been announced, and there are perhaps some surprising omissions. Here are the six shortlisted titles:

Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings

Tom McCarthy, Satin Island

Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen

Sunjeev Sahota, The Year of the Runaways

Anne Tyler, A Spool of Blue Thread

Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

I’d not even got round to any of these, and will be starting with Anne Tyler (well, I was backing Anne Enright’s The Green Road to be the winner, so I might as well start with another Anne).

How about any other readers?

About the Author: Daisy

After taking a degree in English at London University, Daisy set off to become a librarian, only to realise she wanted to work with books before rather than after publication. She spent many happy years with Butterworths publishers, before Devon called, and she left her job as Promotions Manager to work as a freelance publicity consultant, proofreader and copy-editor, working for a wide range of publishers and institutions including Weidenfeld & Nicolson, The King's Fund and the International Statistical Institute. With Richard she set up Chapterhouse in 1991. Her passion for books remains unabated!