Barry favourite to win Booker

DUBLINER Sebastian Barry has been made favourite to win after he made it on to a shortlist of “page turners” announced for this year’s Man Booker Prize for fiction.

Barry favourite to win Booker
Wed, 10 Sep, 2008 - 01:00

The list includes two first-time novelists, Aravind Adiga, the youngest on the list aged 34, and Steve Toltz.

Others shortlisted are Amitav Ghosh, Linda Grant and Philip Hensher.

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