LONDON: British writer Hilary Mantel was named one of six finalists for the prestigious Booker literary prize yesterday for Bring up the Bodies, a tale of politics and passion at the court of King Henry VIII.
The novel is a sequel to Wolf Hall, which won the £50,000 (BD30,400) prize in 2009. The books follow the king's right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell, as he tries to keep his influence - and his head - in treacherous Tudor power circles.
Bookmakers immediately made Mantel one of the favourites to win the prize. Betting firm William Hill ranked her at 2/1, behind Umbrella, a century-spanning stream of consciousness by Britain's Will Self. The prize, which brings a big boost in publicity and sales for the winner, is open to writers from Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth of former British colonies.
The finalists, selected from a 12-book long list, include novels set in post-Second World War Asia - The Garden of Evening Mists by Malaysia's Tan Twan Eng - and Mumbai opium dens, Narcopolis by India's Jeet Thayil.
Three books by British writers round out the list. They are Self's Umbrella, Swimming Home by Deborah Levy and Alison Moore's The Lighthouse.
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