Amis-free Booker prize longlist promises to 'entertain and provoke'
Booker prize longlist of 13 ignores Amis, McEwan and Rushdie for novels characterised by humour and storytelling
Martin Amis may be getting heartily sick of people mentioning he's never won the Man Booker. But the wait goes on, after his novel The Pregnant Widow – along with books from Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan – today became the most surprising omission from this year's longlist.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 27 July, 2010
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