The six books, selected are:
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
The winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction will be announced on Tuesday, October 18th.
It's sad to say, I haven't even heard of any of these!