Man Booker Prize longlist 2016: Adelaide Uni's JM Coetzee vying to win for third time

By Latika Bourke
Updated August 3 2016 - 11:08pm, first published July 28 2016 - 4:46pm
South African-born author J.M. Coetzee won both his Bookers before he relocated to Adelaide in 2002. Photo: Edwina Pickles
South African-born author J.M. Coetzee won both his Bookers before he relocated to Adelaide in 2002. Photo: Edwina Pickles

London: J.M. Coetzee could become the first author to win the Man Booker Prize three times after being longlisted in the literary award's prestigious "dozen" of 13 books.

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