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Alan Hollinghurst

The Line of Beauty

Published by Picador

Longlist

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Shortlist

• Achmat Dangor »
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Judges

• Chris Smith (Chair)
• Tibor Fischer
• Robert Macfarlane
• Rowan Pelling
• Fiammetta Rocco