/ 9 October 1998

The Booker shortlist

(and the odds)

7-4 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)

2-1 Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge (Duckworth)

4-1 England, England by Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape)

9-2 Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe (Picador)

10-1 The Industry of Souls by Martin Booth (Dewi Lewis)

10-1 The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills (Flaming)