This year the list contains 2 Americans, 3 British and 1 Australian.
Americans 1) Ferris “To rise again at a decent hour”2) Fowler “We are all completely beside ourselves
British 1) Jacobson “”J” 2) Mukherjee “The lives of others” 3) Smith “How to be both”
Australian Flanagan “The narrow road to the deep north”
This is the first year writers from outside the Commonwealth are eligible for the prize, worth around $80,000, and considered the most prestigious literary award in Britain. We own the Ferris and Fowler.
