Sebastian Barry fails to make Booker shortlist

THERE was no room for Irish author Sebastian Barry on the shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

The final six authors who made the shortlist are Julian Barnes (The Sense of an Ending), Carol Birch (Jamrach’s Menagerie), Patrick deWitt (The Sisters Brothers), Esi Edugyan (Half Blood Blues), Stephen Kelman (Pigeon English) and AD Miller (Snowdrops).

The final six authors were announced yesterday and are now in the frame for the prestigious prize.