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Linda Grant, Kate Griffin, Fiona Sampson, Boyd Tonkin and myself have chosen the shortlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2009.

From over 120 submissions we've whittled the list down to these six impressive and singular novels:

• Voice Over by Céline Curiol
• The Armies by Evelio Rosero
• The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
• Friendly Fire by A.B. Yehoshua
• Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
• The Siege by Ismail Kadare