The longlist for the Booker Prize was announced Wednesday morning, and as last year, the list includes titles by five American authors: NBCC winner The Sellout by Paul Beatty (FSG/Oneworld), Hystopia by David Means (FSG/Faber), Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press/Jonathan Cape), Work Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves (Scribner/Scribner UK), and My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (Random House/Viking UK.) The actual shortlist will be announced on September 13 and the winner will be named October 25. Two-time Booker winner J.M. Coetzee is the main veteran on the list, though Deborah Levy was shortlisted in 2012 for […]