The 2012 finalists for the Costa (formerly Whitbread) Book Awards have been anounced. In the “Novel” category, they are Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, Life! Death! Prizes! by Stephen May, The Heart Broke In by James Meek, and Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart. The Costa site has lists of the nominees in all categories.
Curiosities and Prizes
2012 Costa Award Finalists Announced
By C. Max Magee posted at 9:01 am on November 21, 2012 1
at 10:03 am on November 21, 2012
[...] 3. The finalists for this year’s Costa Book Awards have been announced with Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies, Stephen May’s Life! Death! Prizes!, James Meek’s The Heart Broke In, and Joff Winterhart’s Days of the Bagnold Summer all getting nominated in the novel category. [via The Millions] [...]