Desmond Elliott Prize 2014

10 books on the longlist. The winner and the shortlist come first.

• A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Eimear McBride

  

  A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

  Eimear McBride

  Winner
• Ballistics D. W. Wilson

  

  Ballistics

  D. W. Wilson

  Shortlist
• The Letter Bearer Robert Allison

  

  The Letter Bearer

  Robert Allison

  Shortlist

Also on the longlist, 7 books

• Idiopathy Sam Byers

  

  Idiopathy

  Sam Byers
• Marriage Material Sathnam Sanghera

  

  Marriage Material

  Sathnam Sanghera
• Meeting the English Kate Clanchy

  

  Meeting the English

  Kate Clanchy
• Sedition Katharine Grant

  

  Sedition

  Katharine Grant
• The Dynamite Room Jason Hewitt

  

  The Dynamite Room

  Jason Hewitt
• The Shock of the Fall Nathan Filer

  

  The Shock of the Fall

  Nathan Filer
• The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan

  

  The Spinning Heart

  Donal Ryan