The six nominees for the Man Booker Prize for 2009 were announced this evening on the BBC Radio 4 arts review programme Front Row, by broadcaster James Naughtie who is the chairman of the judging panel.
Here are the nominees and their books
A.S. Byatt – The Children’s Book
J.M Coetzee – Summertime
Adam Foulds – The Quickening Maze
Hilary Mantel – Wolf Hall
Simon Mawer – The Glass Room
Sarah Waters – The Little Stranger
The winner will be announced on Tuesday 6th October
Read more about the authors and summaries of the books, on the Man Booker website
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