The Man Booker Prize is awarded to the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. It is not only one of literature's highest honors but quite lucrative as the winner takes home £50,000.
The 2004 shortlist was announced on September 21 and the winner will be announced on October 19.
- Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
- The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
- The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- The Master by Colm Tóibín
- I’ll go to Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward
