{"id":540,"date":"2013-08-19T10:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T10:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=540"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:06:59","slug":"mst-alumni-james-benmores-dodger-on-not-the-booker-longlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"MSt Alumni James Benmore&#8217;s Dodger on the 2013 Not the Booker longlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Benmore&#8217;s <em>Dodger<\/em> (Heron Books, 2013) was longlisted for the &#8220;Not the Booker prize&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>More information in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/booksblog\/2013\/aug\/05\/not-the-booker-prize-longlist-shortlist\">the Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Benmore&#8217;s Dodger (Heron Books, 2013) was longlisted for the &#8220;Not the Booker prize&#8221;. 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