'Winterwood' by Irish author Patrick McCabe is among eight books shortlisted for this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
The shortlist was selected from 137 titles nominated by public library systems worldwide.
Among the other titles are three works of fiction set in the Middle East, as well as books by Russian, Spanish and Sri Lankan authors.
The IMPAC Award is worth €100,000 and is the world's most valuable literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English. Four of the final eight books are published in translation.
The full shortlist is:'The Speed of Light' - Javier Cercas (Spanish) in translation'The Sweet and Simple Kind' - Yasmine Gooneratne (Sri Lankan)'De Niro's Game' - Rawi Hage (Lebanese)'Dreams of Speaking' - Gail Jones (Australian)'Let it be Morning' - Sayed Kashua (Israeli)'The Attack' - Yasmina Khadra (Algerian) in translation'The Woman who Waited' - Andrei Makine (Russian) in translation'Winterwood' - Patrick McCabe (Irish)
