Canadian author Esi Edugyan shortlisted for 2018 Man Booker Prize

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Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan has been shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel Washington Black.

The £50,000 prize (approx. $86,990 Cdn) is awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language.

Washington Black is the story of an 11-year-old boy known as "Wash," who is enslaved on a Barbados sugar plantation. His master is Englishman Christopher Wilde, who is obsessed with developing a machine that can fly. When a man is killed, Wilde must choose between his family and saving Black's life — and the choice results in an epic adventure around the world for Wash.

Washington Black is also currently on the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist.

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Edugyan was previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2011 for her novel Half-Blood Blues.

The other finalists for the 2018 Man Booker Prize are:

Milkman by Anna Burns (U.K.)

Everything Under by Daisy Johnson (U.K.)

The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner (U.S.)

The Overstory by Richard Powers (U.S.)

The Long Take by Robin Robertson (U.K.)

The winner will be revealed on Oct. 16, 2018.

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