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A young south London writer whose every work has proved an award-winner joins veterans ASByatt, JM Coetzee and William Trevor on this year's Man Booker Prize longlist.
Adam Foulds, 34, joins a 13-strong list for his second novel, The Quickening Maze, about the poet John Clare. It follows his debut book of poetry, The Broken Word, which won the Costa Poetry Award and his first novel, The Truth About These Strange Times, which earned him Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year.
Foulds, of Forest Hill, said: "The Booker has a special kind of aura. It's slightly unbelievable to be on that list with Byatt and Coetzee."
He joins a small band of younger writers on to the list, including James Scudamore, 33, for Heliopolis, Sarah Hall, 35, for How to Paint a Dead Man, and Samantha Harvey, for The Wilderness. The winner will be announced on 6 October.
