British-Indian writer Neel Mukherjee's novel "The Lives of
Others" has been shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2014. Neel Mukherjee is
a Kolkata-born British Indian writer and this is his second novel. The novel is
set in 1960s Bengal and revolves around a man's extremist political activism
during troubled times. The Novel is published by Granta which has so far sold
300000 copies in the United Kingdom and almost 500000 copies worldwide.
The Man Booker, which is awarded to the best novel of the year in the opinion
of the judges, is worth £50,000 to the winner. The winner will be announced on
14th October 2014.
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