The Best-Of-Booker Shortlist
Iris Murdoch, William Golding and Kingsley Amis are among some of the 20th century's foremost writers who have failed to make the shortlist. The nominees are Sir Salman Rushdie, Pat Barker, Peter Carey, J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and J. G. Farrell. Four of them were born outside Britain. The Times (UK) 05/12/08

Posted May 12, 2008 05:59 AM