Anne Enright
The Gathering
Cape
With The Gathering Anne Enright became the third Irish novelist to win the Man Booker Prize. ‘When people pick up a book they may want something happy that will cheer them up. In that case they shouldn’t really pick up my book. It’s the intellectual equivalent of a Hollywood weepie.’
Listen to the live winner announcement recording
Media quotes from 2007
'David took on Goliath yesterday when novice authors found themselves up against two literary heavyweights on the longlist of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction.' The Times
'Booker judges tear up form book to produce giant killing list.' The Guardian
'Judges for this year’s £50,000 Man Booker Prize threw one of the most remarkable surprises in its 39-year history at the public and the publishing industry last night. They tore up nearly all predictions and disregarded virtually all star literary novelists with new books under their belts.' The Guardian
'The list will create more of a sense of momentum for the prize, because it’s short enough for readers to get through before the winner is announced…all authors are genuinely in the running for the biggest literary prize in the world.' Joel Rickett in The Guardian
'This is the Man Booker at its best- a longlist that champions new and emerging writers without fear of offending the old guard… The end result is impossible to call.' Janine Cook, Waterstones
'It may reflect badly on me as literary editor that a number of the novels on the list went unnoticed by these pages (something we’ll endeavour to put right) - but it reflects well on the care with which the judges have sought out promise.' Sam Leith, Daily Telegraph
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Shortlisted authors
Nicola Barker
Mohsin Hamid
Lloyd Jones |
Ian McEwan
Indra Sinha
Judges |
