The Book Review Show

Tim Marlow and guests John Mullan, AL Kennedy and Rosie Boycott consider the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the winner of which will be announced on 16 October 2012. Big names such as Hilary Mantel and Will Self are pitted against first-time novelists Jeet Thayil and Alison Moore, with Tan Twan Eng and Deborah Levy completing the line-up.