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Londoner makes Booker shortlist
A novel by a London writer has made the shortlist of the prestigious Booker Prize.
Bernardine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other, is vying for the top prize alongside five other novels.
Evaristo, from Eltham, south-east London, will find out if she won on 14 October.
The shortlist in full:
- Margaret Atwood - The Testaments
- Lucy Ellmann - Ducks, Newburyport
- Bernardine Evaristo - Girl, Woman, Other
- Chigozie Obioma - An Orchestra of Minorities
- Salman Rushdie - Quichotte
- Elif Shafak - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Two former winners will compete with four other authors for the prestigious literary prize.
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