Alan Hollinghurst was named as the winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his fourth novel, The Line of Beauty.

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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction represents the very best in contemporary fiction.  One of the world’s most prestigious awards, and one of incomparable influence, it continues to be the pinnacle of ambition for every fiction writer.

The prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The Man Booker judges are selected from the country’s finest critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent excellence of the prize.  The winner of the Man Booker Prize receives £50,000 and both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a worldwide readership plus a dramatic increase in book sales.

For more information, visit The Man Booker Prize website.

The 2004 MAN BOOKER WINNER:

• The Line of Beauty by Alan Holinghurst

THE 2004 MAN BOOKER SHORTLIST:

• Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
• The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• The Master by Colm Tóbín
• I'll Go To Bed at Noon by Gerad Woodward

The remaining 2004 MAN BOOKER LONG LIST:

• Purple Hibiscus by Chinamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
• Clear: A Transparent Novel by Nicola Barker
• The Island Walkers by John Bemrose
• Havoc, in its Third Year by Ronan Bennett
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Always the Sun by Neil Cross
• Becoming Strangers by Louise Dean
• A Blade of Grass by Lewis Desoto
• Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
• The Honeymoon by Justin Haythe
• The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
• Sixty Lights by Gail Jones
• The Unnumbered by Sam North
• Snowleg by Nicholas Shakespeare