Australian writer Peter Carey moved closer to a literary hat trick Tuesday when he was named a finalist for fiction’s prestigious Man Booker Prize, an award he has already won twice. Carey’s “Parrot and Olivier in America” – a U.S. odyssey inspired by… Peter Carey – Man Booker Prize – Parrot and Olivier in America – United States – Olivier in America

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I’m not quite convinced that the shortlist has lived up to the promise of the longlist – but am I wrong? No Mitchell? The Books desk’s sharp intake of breath was surely echoed throughout the bookerverse when today’s Man Booker shortlist was announced. David Mitchell ’s failure to make the cut is the first shock of the announcement. The omission of Christos Tsiolkas ’s much talked about The Slap …

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Austrian schoolgirl Natascha Kampusch survived the start of her eight-year captivity in an underground cell by asking her kidnapper to read bedtime tales in an “illusion of normality” according to her new book.

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