Man Booker Prize short list (in case you care)

somehow...just seems so irrelevant right now but here you go...apparently, if you want to make the short list, change your last name to something beginning with "B" or just plain old "Smith"...unless of course, you happen to be Kazuo Ishiguro...

Banville, John The Sea Picador
Barnes, Julian Arthur & George Jonathan Cape
Barry, Sebastian A Long Long Way Faber & Faber
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go Faber & Faber
Smith, Ali The Accidental Hamish Hamilton
Smith, Zadie On Beauty Hamish Hamilton

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