Winner

The Inheritance of Loss – Kiran Desai

Shortlist

The Secret River – Kate Grenville

Carry Me Down – M. J. Hyland

In the Country of Men – Hisham Matar

Mother’s Milk – Edward St Aubyn

The Night Watch – Sarah Waters

Longlist

Theft: A Love Story – Peter Carey

Gathering the Water – Robert Edric

Get a Life – Nadine Gordimer

Kalooki Nights – Howard Jacobson

Seven Lies – James Lasdun

The Other Side of the Bridge – Mary Lawson

So Many Ways to Begin – Jon McGregor

The Emperor’s Children – Claire Messud

Black Swan Green – David Mitchell

The Perfect Man – Naeem Murr

Be Near Me – Andrew O’Hagan

The Testament of Gideon Mack – James Robertson

The Ruby in Her Navel – Barry Unsworth