Man Booker Longlist 2008 Announced

The longlist for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced. 'The Man Booker Dozen' are: Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger Gaynor Arnold - Girl in a Blue Dress Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture John Berger - From A to X Michelle de Kretser - The Lost Dog Amitav Ghosh - Sea of Poppies Linda Grant - The Clothes on Their Backs Mohammed Hanif - A Case of Exploding Mangoes Philip Hensher - The Northern Clemency Joseph O’Neill - Netherland Salman Rushdie - The Enchantress of Florence Tom Rob Smith - Child 44 Steve Toltz - A Fraction of the Whole