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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2016

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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2016

THE SELLOUT by Paul Beatty has been awarded the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The 54-year-old New York resident, born in Los Angeles, is the first American author to win the prize in its 48-year history. US authors became eligible in 2014. THE SELLOUT is a searing satire on race relations in contemporary America. It is described by The New York Times as a "metaphorical multicultural pot almost too hot to touch," while the Wall Street Journal called it a "Swiftian satire of the highest order. Like someone shouting fire in a crowded theatre, Mr. Beatty has whispered 'Racism' in a postracial world."

The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.

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2016 Winner

 

  • Paul Beatty (US) - THE SELLOUT (Oneworld)

 

 

2016 Shortlist

 

  • Paul Beatty (US) - THE SELLOUT (Oneworld)
  • Deborah Levy (UK) - HOT MILK (Hamish Hamilton)
  • Graeme Macrae Burnet (UK) - HIS BLOODY PROJECT (Contraband)
  • Ottessa Moshfegh (US) - EILEEN (Jonathan Cape)
  • David Szalay (Canada-UK) - ALL THAT MAN IS (Jonathan Cape)
  • Madeleine Thien (Canada) - DO NOT SAY WE HAVE NOTHING (Granta Books)

 

 

2016 Longlist

 

  • Paul Beatty (US) - THE SELLOUT (Oneworld)
  • J.M. Coetzee (South African-Australian) - THE SCHOOLDAYS OF JESUS (Harvill Secker)
  • A.L. Kennedy (UK) - SERIOUS SWEET (Jonathan Cape)
  • Deborah Levy (UK) - HOT MILK (Hamish Hamilton)
  • Graeme Macrae Burnet (UK) - HIS BLOODY PROJECT (Contraband)
  • Ian McGuire (UK) - THE NORTH WATER (Scribner UK)
  • David Means (US) - HYSTOPIA (Faber & Faber)
  • Wyl Menmuir (UK) - THE MANY (Salt)
  • Ottessa Moshfegh (US) - EILEEN (Jonathan Cape)
  • Virginia Reeves (US) - WORK LIKE ANY OTHER (Scribner UK)
  • Elizabeth Strout (US) - MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON (Viking)
  • David Szalay (Canada-UK) - ALL THAT MAN IS (Jonathan Cape)
  • Madeleine Thien (Canada) - DO NOT SAY WE HAVE NOTHING (Granta Books)