The Guardian's move to open up their First Book Award this year to readers' suggestions, in order to catch books not entered, has come up trumps: a book nominated by Guardian readers has now been chosen by judges as one of the final five contenders for the £10,000 prize: Juan Pablo Villalobos's Down the Rabbit Hole from enterprising new independent publisher And Other Stories.
You can read my article about my own search for missed books, along with my own nominations here on the Guardian books blog.
Four novels and an oncologist's biography of cancer make up the shortlist:
Pigeon English, Stephen Kelman (Bloomsbury)
The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee (Fourth Estate)
Down The Rabbit Hole, Juan Pablo Villalobos (And Other Stories)
The Collaborator, Mirza Waheed (Viking)
The Submission, Amy Waldman (William Heinemann)
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I have to say I'm absolutely delighted for Stefan. I first met him when And Other Stories was an idea he was throwing around in his head, and have followed his journey since - he is a remarkable, as well as lovely, and humble, young man, with an incredibly shrewd eye.
They do seem excellent, Dan.
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