Graywolf Press book on short list for Booker Prize

David Szalay. Photo by Julia Papp.

If you go to the website for the Man Booker Prize, at the top of the page is a picture of St. Paul writer Marlon James, last year's winner. Who will be on the top of the page for this year? Will there be, once again, a Twin Cities connection? The short list was announced today and "All That Man Is" by David Szalay, a title published by Minneapolis' Graywolf Press, is among the finalists.
Here's the list:
Paul Beatty (US) The Sellout
Deborah Levy (UK) Hot Milk
Graeme Macrae Burnet (UK) His Bloody Project
Ottessa Moshfegh (US) Eileen
David Szalay (Canada-UK) All That Man Is

Madeleine Thien (Canada) Do Not Say We Have Nothing