British author McEwan joint favourite to win Booker Prize

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LONDON (AFP) — British author Ian McEwan and his New Zealand counterpart Lloyd Jones are the joint favourites to win the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction on Tuesday, while another shortlisted novel about Muslim experiences in post-9/11 America has also made headlines.

McEwan and Jones are among six writers in contention for the 50,000-pound (102,000-dollar, 72,000-euro) prize, to be awarded in a ceremony at the Guildhall in London on Tuesday evening.

McEwan, who won in 1998 for his novel "Amsterdam", is the bookmakers' 6/4 joint favourite for "On Chesil Beach", together with Jones's "Mister Pip".

Now in its 39th year, the annual Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded to the best work in the genre by an author from Commonwealth countries and the Republic...