J. G. Farrell and Muriel Spark were among the authors shortlisted Thursday for an unusual take on Britain's most prestigious literary award, the Booker Prize.
The Lost Booker Prize -- other contenders for which include Patrick White and Nina Bawden -- is being awarded for books from 1970 which missed out the first time around because of a rule change in 1971.
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