Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies
Fourth Estate
Hilary Mantel triumphed for a second time with her successor to Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies. In so doing, she achieved three ‘firsts’ - not only was she first woman and the first British author to win the prize twice, but she was also the first person to win the prize for two novels in a trilogy. The RSC acquired the theatrical rights to both. 2013 was also significant in that three out of the six shortlisted authors were published by small, independent houses.
Watch the 2012 Man Booker Prize videos
Listen to audio extracts from the six shortlisted novels for the 2012 Man Booker Prize
Listen to audio interviews with the six 2012 shortlisted authors
Shortlisted authors
Tan Twan Eng
Deborah Levy
Alison Moore
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Will Self
Jeet Thayil
Judges |