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ORANGE PRIZE 2008: LONGLIST ANNOUNCED

 

The books longlisted for this year's Orange Prize for Fiction have been announced. They are:

 

The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
The Room of Lost Things by Stella Duffy
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
The Gathering by Anne Enright
The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
The Master Bedroom by Tessa Hadley
Fault Lines by Nancy Huston
Sorry by Gail Jones
The Outcast by Sadie Jones
The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam by Lauren Liebenberg
When We Were Bad by Charlotte Mendelson
In The Dark by Deborah Moggach
Mistress by Anita Nair
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas

Monster Love by Carol Topolski
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
Lottery by Patricia Wood.

 

The shortlist will be announced on 15th April,  and the winner of the £30,000 prize on 4th June. Find out more.

 

 

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