The Man Booker shortlist is surprisinging, indeed, and disappointing for its startling omission of Netherland, which we considered a shoe-in.
Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies
Linda Grant, The Clothes on Their Backs
Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency
Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole
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