This year’s prize longlist may have five US authors,but with representation from Jamaica, Nigeria, and Ireland and India in addition to an equal gender balance,it is remarkably openWhen the Man Booker prize rules changed final year to allow any novel written in English to compete, there were fears that British authors would lose out to an inevitable American domination. It didn’t play out that way in 2014, or but this year those fears peek more well-founded,with five US titles on the longlist of 13, and strong ones too. Related: Man Booker prize 2015: US literary agent among 13 writers on longlist Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com