Booker Long List Announced

The long list for the Man Booker Awards was announced yesterday. Many of the books haven’t gotten stateside release yet, but one that has is Me Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood, which purports to be the memoir of the chimpanzee from Tarzan. It’d be funny if a monkey beat Coetzee. (Ape. Whatever.) Full list of nominees after the jump.

Via Jacket Copy:

A.S. Byat, “The Children’s Book” — out in the U.S. in October
J.M. Coetzee, “Summertime” — out in the U.S. in October
Adam Foulds, “The Quickening Maze” — American release not scheduled
Sarah Hall, “How to Paint a Dead Man” — out in the U.S. in September
Samantha Harvey, “The Wilderness” — out now
James Lever, “Me Cheeta”
Hilary Mantel, “Wolf Hall” — out in the U.S. in October
Simon Mawer, “The Glass Room” — American release not scheduled
Ed O’Loughlin, “Not Untrue and Not Unkind” — out in the U.S. in April 2010
James Scudamore, “Heliopolis” — out now
Colm Toibin, “Brooklyn”
William Trevor, “Love and Summer” — out in the U.S. in September
Sarah Waters, “The Little Stranger” — out now