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The Flying Man

THE FLYING MAN is an affecting, evocative and often funny story of the ultimate immigrant, a man who fits in everywhere and nowhere, who cannot help but cause harm to those around him, but ultimately, inspires love.

2012 Shortlist

State of Wonder

Ann Patchett

The Song of Achilles - 2012 Winner

Madeline Miller

Foreign Bodies

Cynthia Ozick

Half Blood Blues

Esi Edugyan

Painter of Silence

Georgina Harding

The Forgotten Waltz

Anne Enright

2012 Longlist

The Submission

Amy Waldman

Tides of War

Stella Tillyard

The Pink Hotel

Anna Stothard

There but for the

Ali Smith

State of Wonder

Ann Patchett

The Song of Achilles - 2012 Winner

Madeline Miller

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

The Blue Book

The Translation of the Bones

Francesca Kay

Gillespie and I

Jane Harris

Painter of Silence

Georgina Harding

The Forgotten Waltz

Anne Enright

Half Blood Blues

Esi Edugyan

Foreign Bodies

Cynthia Ozick

Island Of Wings

Karin Altenberg

On the Floor

Aifric Campbell

The Flying Man

Roopa Farooki

Lord of Misrule

Jaimy Gordon

The Sealed Letter

Emma Donoghue

The Grief of Others

Leah Cohen

Previous winners

2023

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

2022

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

2021

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

2020

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

2019

An American Marriage - 2019 Winner

Tayari Jones

2018

Home Fire - 2018 Winner

Kamila Shamsie

2017

The Power - 2017 Winner

Naomi Alderman

2016

The Glorious Heresies - 2016 Winner

Lisa McInerney

2015

How to be Both - 2015 Winner

Ali Smith

2014

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing - 2014 Winner

Eimear McBride

2013

May We Be Forgiven - 2013 Winner

A.M. Homes

2012

The Song of Achilles - 2012 Winner

Madeline Miller

2011

The Tiger's Wife - 2011 Winner

Téa Obreht

2010

The Lacuna - 2010 Winner

Barbara Kingsolver

2009

Home - 2009 Winner

Marilynne Robinson

2008

The Road Home - 2008 Winner

Rose Tremain

2007

Half of a Yellow Sun - 2007 Winner

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2006

On Beauty - 2006 Winner

2005

We Need to Talk About Kevin - 2005 Winner

Lionel Shriver

2004

Small Island

Andrea Levy

2003

Property - 2003 Winner

Valerie Martin

2002

Bel Canto - 2002 Winner

Ann Patchett

2001

The Idea of Perfection - 2001 Winner

Kate Grenville

2000

When I Lived in Modern Times - 2000 Winner

Linda Grant

1999

A Crime in the Neighborhood - 1999 Winner

Suzanne Berne

1998

Larry’s Party - 1998 Winner

Carol Shields

1997

Fugitive Pieces - 1997 Winner

Anne Michaels

1996

A Spell of Winter - 1996 Winner

Helen Dunmore

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