Colm Toibin, Jhumpa Lahiri Lead Shortlist for Man Booker
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Colm Toibin and Jhumpa Lahiri are among six finalists for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the U.K.’s most prestigious literary award.
Sponsored by hedge-fund manager Man Group Plc., the annual contest nets the winner 50,000 pounds ($78,550) and the promise of an almost certain increase in book sales.