Joseph and Leith on Wodehouse shortlist

Publication Date: Wed, 13/04/2011 - 08:47 ?Debut novelists Manu Joseph and Sam Leith have been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. The prize, now in its 12th year, celebrates the novel of the last 12 months that has best captured the comic spirit of P G Wodehouse, and was won last year by Ian McEwan's Solar. Leith has been shortlisted for The Coincidence Engine (Fig Tree), while Joseph has been nominated for Serious Men (John Murray), which was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2010. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]

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