Irish author Colin Barrett has been longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, for his debut novel Wild Houses.
The Booker longlist was announced today with the shortlist of six books to follow on 21 September.
More than half of the 13-strong longlist, known as the Booker Dozen, are American authors; the list includes three debut novels alongside six writers previously nominated for the prize.
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award for single works of fiction published in the UK in English, with the judges looking for the best work of long-form fiction, selected from entries published in the UK and Ireland between October 1st 2023 and September 30th 2024.
Wild Houses is Barrett’s first novel after his novella and six short stories Young Skins in 2013, and a second short story collection Homesickness in 2022.
In a review for RTÉ Culture, Aimee Walsh described Wild Houses as ‘carefully rendered, woven with beautiful language, often veering between the brutal and the sublime’.
Last year’s Booker shortlist featured Irish authors Paul Murray and Paul Lynch, with Lynch winning the prize for his dystopian novel Prophet Song.
The 2024 longlist was announced today with the shortlist of six books to follow on 21 September.
The 2024 Booker Prize longlist, in full:
Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
Percival Everett, James
Samantha Harvey, Orbital
Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
Hisham Matar, My Friends
Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
Anne Michaels, Held
Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
Richard Powers, Playground
Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep
Charlotte Wood, Stone Yard Devotional
The overall winner of the £50,000 prize will be announced at an event in London on 26th November.
Find out more about the 2024 Booker Prize longlist here.