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Tue 09 Sep 2010Donoghue on Booker shortlist

Irish writer Emma Donoghue has been selected for the 2010 Man Booker Prize shortlist for her novel Room.

However, fellow Irish novelist Paul Murray, who was included on the award's longlist for his book Skippy Dies, has not been chosen.