Clockwise from top left: Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland, Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being, NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names, Jim Crace's Harvest, Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary, Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries. Image: Esmé Clifford Astbury

The MANchester Booker Prize 2013

Written on 14th October 2013. Posted in Books

Written by Esmé Clifford Astbury

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Over the past few weeks, our reviewers have been busy reading the six books that made this year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist.

Now, it’s your turn. Have a look at their reviews and vote for your favourite below!

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The MANchester Booker Prize winner will be announced on October 15th – just in time for the unveiling of the winner of the Man Booker Prize. Let’s see how close Manchester students’ views are to the Booker judges’!

The reviews

Jim Crace’s Harvest by Shanda Moorghen

Colm Tóibín’s The Testament of Mary by Katie Myerscough

Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being by Elizabeth Linsley

Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries by Elizabeth Mitchell

NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names by Maisie Boggild-Jones

Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland by Annie Muir