Sebastian Barry did not make the shortlist with his latest book but has been nominated twice before NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty ImagesTwo Irish authors failed to make the shortlist for the Man Booker prize announced yesterday. Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones was hotly tipped to make the final cut. It won the Goldsmiths prize and the BGE Irish book of the year award but was ineligible for the Booker prize until it was published by Canongate, based in the UK, this year. Days Without End by Sebastian Barry, set in the wars of 1850s and 1860s America, tells the story of the lovers Thomas McNulty and John Cole. The author had previously been nominated for the Man Booker prize for A Long Long Way and…

Source: The Times September 13, 2017 22:52 UTC