The Man Booker International Prize has announced its 2009 longlist. The contenders include the wondrous Alice Munro (Canada), Peter Carey (Australia), V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad/India), Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru), and Joyce Carol Oates (USA). Jane Smiley chaired this year’s judging panel.
Another longlist: The Man Booker International Prize
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