The longlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011, the award for a first novel published in the UK, has been announced:
* The Afterparty by Leo Benidictus (Jonathan Cape)
* Boxer Beetle by Ned Beauman (Sceptre)
* Coconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla (Quartet)
* The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed (Viking)
* Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman (Bloomsbury)
* Pub Walks in Underhill Country by Nat Segnit (Fig Tree)
* Saraswati Parkby Anjali Joseph (Fourth Estate)
* The Spider Truces by Tom Connolly (Myriad Editions)
* A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene (Bloomsbury)
* Who is Mr Satoshi? by Jonathan Lee (William Heinemann)
The winner will be announced on Thursday 23 June at Fortnum & Mason, London
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