booker prize shortlist

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Aravind Adiga -- "The White Tiger"

Sebastian Barry -- "The Secret Scripture"

Amitav Ghosh -- "Sea of Poppies"

Linda Grant -- "The Clothes on Their Backs"

Philip Hensher -- "The Northern Clemency"

Steve Toltz -- "A Fraction of the Whole"

This is the first time in my notice that I've never even heard of any of the authors or their novels. This is causing me some angst. I feel kind of disoriented by this bit of news. How unlike me. Who am I?