Booker Shortlist 2008

The Booker shortlist was released yesterday, and once again I have neither read nor purchased a single book on the list. It looks like the bookies and I were wrong, though having been mildly disappointed by Netherland I can't lament its exclusion. The list:

The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry
Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh
The Clothes on Their Backs - Linda Grant
The Northern Clemency - Philip Hensher
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz

Since I failed in my prior predictions, I won't even take a stab at which of these is the favorite. I'll just wait until the winner is announced on October 14, dutifully purchase a copy, and then put it in a box with the rest of my Booker Prize backlog.