Orange prize shortlist pits Mantel against debut novelists
Last year's Man Booker winner, Wolf Hall, leads shortlist alongside two first-time authors
Two debut novelists will take on the seemingly unstoppable might of Hilary Mantel and Wolf Hall for this year's Orange prize for fiction, judges said today.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 20 April, 2010
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