Scottish Success on 2006 Booker Longlist
The 2006 Man Booker Prize longlist was announced today. 19 novels have been selected by the five person judging panel. Scottish successes this year are James Robertson, for his novel The Testament of Gideon Mack, and Andrew O'Hagan, for Be Near Me.
Success also for Scottish publisher's Canongate, who are publishing two further longlist entries. Maria Hyland's Carry Me Down and Kate Grenville's The Secret River are both published by the Edinburgh-based company.
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In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. As he looks back on his childhood, Father David begins to reconsider the central events of his life, and to see what may have happened to the political hopes of his generation. -
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John Egan is a misfit, a 12 year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. -
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Following a childhood marked by poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife and children, he arrives in a harsh land to a life that feels like a death sentence. -
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Mack is a minister who doesn't believe in God, the Devil or an afterlife. One day he discovers a standing stone in the middle of a wood where previously there had been none. Unsure what to make of this apparition, Mack's life begins to unravel dramatically.