14th October 2013
The MANchester Booker Prize 2013
The reviews are in! Books Editor Esmé Clifford Astbury invites readers to vote for their favourite
Categories: Books
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
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