Will Jeet Thayil be the fifth Indian to claim Booker?

October 16, 2012 20:58

Indian author Jeet Thayil's debut novel on the dark underside of Mumbai's opium dens is in race for this year's prestigious Man Booker prize. British authors Will Self and Hilary Mantel are said to be the favourites to win.

The 50,000 pound prize is to be announced tonight and is it yet to be seen whether the bookmakers' predictions reign or Thyail's Narcopolis succeeds in emerging as the dark horse of the race.

Apart from Narcopolis, the other books in running are Self's Umbrella, Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies, Tan TwanEng's The Garden of Evening Mists, Deborah Levy's Swimming Home and Alison Moore's The Lighthouse.

While Self has been shortlisted for the first time, Mantelis is a previous winner.

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